I always wonder,
Reagan ignored the raging AIDS plague, de-funded much of America's safety net, nominated candidates to run agencies whose missions they opposed, fired 11,000 air traffic controllers and decertified their union, increased the number of American families living in poverty by a third, tripled the national debt, lied about selling weapons to Iran in exchange for hostages, and, ahem, raised the debt ceiling to one trillion dollars for the first time in the nation's history.
BUT, according to his disciples, who are suckers for an 'actor', he's some kind of hero, because Communism inploded from it's own weight while he was in office. If there's a starting point to the debt mess we find ourselve in, today, it was the original clown in the cowboy hat (followed later by W) whose second rate acting fooled so many, easily influenced lightweight minds.
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I'll start with poverty. According to the Census folks, the poverty rate for all families when Reagan took office was 11.5 percent. When he left, it was at 12 percent. Even the raw numbers don't support an increase of 33 percent...not even close.
Ladyj, you accuse me of name-calling. How about "suckers" or "easily-influenced lightweight minds" for starters. (Notice I correct the grammer here.)
And if the writer here thinks that communism imploded under its (again correcting the spelling) own weight, proves the writer here doesn't have a firm understanding of recent history.
I'll just say the rest of this rant is typical left-wing talking points and leave it at that.
I voted for Reagan, I'll admit it. He, like Obama, read a good script. When Ronnie deregulated most everything, business went to hell in a handbasket and there were no longer any checks and balances (see airlines and airtrafic controllers).
Under Rebublican control the rich get the gold mine and the rest of us get the shaft.
You don't like what I say, Anon, sit on your thumb and rotate. It's probably the best thrill you're gonna get.