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Class Warfare Disquised As ‘Healthy Gridlock’

Class Warfare Disquised As ‘Healthy Gridlock’

By Steve Ahlquist on February 7, 2013

Kyle Scott’s op-ed in today’s ProJo, “Gridlock comes out of healthy conflict” maintains that “as frustrating as the gridlock in Washington may be to most Americans we must keep in mind that this is the way it is supposed to work and that the gridlock is actually a good thing.” Scott’s piece draws on the [...]

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