Not even the most rigid rightists would end public education, fire protection, postal service or road maintainence. Just about everyone benefits from Social Security and Medicare and any politician who ran against these benefits would lose in a rout.

Yes, the rightists of the reactionary bent would end public education. They believe it was better in the old days when people were uneducated. Made people easier to control. In my state, cotton grading used to be taught in public schools, at the expense of other subjects. Had to teach kids how to grade cotton, and them that couldn't could just work in the fields.

And Social Security and Medicare...Obama ran against them, in a roundabout way. He promised "austerity" constantly during his campaign, and he's delivered. He's placed an onerous tax on the poor with Obamacare, and the program will eventually destroy Medicare.

But even more extreme than that are the outright fascist officials being elected at the state level (mostly through the upper middle Atlantic states). They want to end Medicaide and slash Medicare and Social Security. Paul Ryan wants to reduce Medicare with a bogus voucher system.

So, for some unknown reason, Americans are buying into austerity and social suicide. I can't figure it. FDRism in moderation works for me.