It took three terms of consecutive Republican presidents (Warren G. Harding;1920, Calvin Coolidge; 1924, Herbert Hoover;1928) to drive my beloved and proud country to its knees more than 70 years ago, resulting in the Great Depression. Anyhow, it only took one Republican president, in two terms, to drive this mighty of mighty countries to the brink of financial oblivion. George W. Bush and the Republican party were the masters of financial deregulatory theory and the 'ownership' society that has successfully hollowed out our economy. Let's remember, it's not about spreading the wealth, it is about the DESTRUCTION of wealth, Republican-style.