It took the progressive ideology to turn the American dream into a real nightmare. Because of progressives, we have a government monopoly or oligopoly on every major industry, a private central bank that creates money from nothing and loans it to the government at interest, a tax on earning wages in exchange for labor, a dumbed-down educational system, a university system run by government apologists, a broken healthcare system. In fact, nearly every major problem with our government can be traced back to the government enforcing progressive ideals.