Historian: Republican Push to Replace Obamacare Reflects Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#2V8MJ)
As Republicans attempt to revive a bill to overturn Obamacare, we look at the radical right's attempt to reshape the role of the federal government-from healthcare to education to housing. We speak with Duke University historian Nancy MacLean, author of the new book, "Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America." MacLean also uncovers the instrumental role the late libertarian economist James Buchanan played in the right's campaign to eliminate unions, suppress voting and privatize schools.