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A couple of suggestions. No Social Security, and no Pearl Harbor
Bowser — (archived)

I don't think many people know what the issues were in the 1930s. Here's a short stab at an example of what you might be after.

Social Security - Conservatives fought Social Security with everything they had. The idea of a number for every citizen was regarded as socialism. As an aside, in order to get the law enacted it was written in that the SS ID # would NEVER be used for identification.

At the present time Social Security contributions are funding GWB's imperialism. Social Security is being overpaid, and not going into a "lockbox". Without SS contributions the deficit would be MUCH higher.

So your scenario would have to carry forward the lack of SS and the ramifications.

Conservatives in those days were isolationist. Therefore, they would not have interfered with Japan's taking over the European colonies in Asia, which provoked WWII.

Your scenario would have to carry forward US neutrality during WWII, or at least the lack of Pearl Harbor to trigger entry into the war.

Arf

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