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Welfare for Me, Not for Thee
How an entire generation of Republicans benefitted from either nepotism or excessive wealth only to pull the rug out from under the less advantaged
Every Republican president for the last 30 years was either born into mega wealth or benefited from their surname. Technically, there is nothing wrong with this, but one would think that being handed unlimited opportunities from birthright should make you more appreciative or give you a desire to help the people who didn’t have the same chances to succeed as you did.
Few people would argue that someone, who is as clueless and unqualified as George W. Bush, could possibly win the presidency without his father serving as the president only a mere eight years before him. But it’s also tough to say whether George H.W. Bush would’ve become Ronald Reagan’s Vice President, if his father wasn’t a Connecticut Senator and his grandfather didn’t serve in Herbert Hoover’s administration.
While many people know both George W. Bush and his father were Yale graduates, most don’t know that his grandfather and great-great-grandfather were also alumni of the Ivy League school. The Bush dynasty didn’t start with George H.W. Bush — it spans 200 years. In fact, the family still remains active in politics and their Yale legacy continues to this day. George W. Bush’s daughter, Barbara, attended his alma mater, and his…
