FDR's New Deal Built America’s Middle Class – But Corporate Media Won't Tell You The Truth
May 3, 2026
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FDR’s New Deal didn’t just “tinker” with the economy – it helped build the modern American middle class through Social Security, worker protections, and pro-union policies that reshaped life for millions. In this clip from Tarabuster with Tara Devlin on Political Voices Network, we break down the forgotten “Great Prosperity” era when strong unions, pensions, and public programs meant you could retire with dignity instead of fear.
Before Social Security, countless seniors faced deadly poverty, hunger, and exposure in old age, conditions New Deal programs were designed to end. So why does today’s corporate media barely mention how these democratic socialist policies created broad-based security and opportunity, while happily platforming attacks on unions, benefits, and the welfare state?
In this video, Tara exposes:
How New Deal policies laid the foundation for America’s middle class
Why strong unions once covered a huge share of the workforce and lifted wages
What life looked like for elderly Americans before Social Security and pensions
How corporate media erases this history to protect billionaire interests
If you care about economic justice, labor rights, and the future of democracy, this history matters. Hit like, subscribe to Political Voices Network, and share this clip so more people hear what corporate media won’t say out loud.
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Keywords: FDR New Deal, American middle class, Social Security history, Great Prosperity, unions and wages, labor rights, democratic socialism, corporate media critique, Political Voices Network, Tarabuster with Tara Devlin.
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