#100461 by Kramerguy
Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:12 pm
Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:12 pm
Yeah, that Reagan chap was a real dandy fellah.
-Secret wars in South America
-Strong evidence suggests the hostage crisis/negotiation was intentionally sabotaged in order to ensure a victorious election for Reagan. Common sense seals the deal.
-Overthrew democratic leaders and install dictators
-Bloated defense budgets, unnecessary spending on failed concepts such as "star wars"
-Massive deregulation that ultimately led to two stock market crashes.
-Massive-scale union busting, including substantial firings of people for exercising their right to strike.
-the beginning of war on middle class
-war on drugs: eventually putting more people in jail per capita than any other civilized country in the world
-Massive tax cuts for wealthy people and corporations, ultimately leading to substantial government under-funding and debt.
-Iran Contra. It's fact at this point.
-Supporting The taliban and Al-queda (Bin-Laden DIRECTLY) with money and stockpiles of weaponry to use against the soviets. Yes, we are responsible for CREATING al-queda, arming them, providing training and support, and ultimately abandoning them, directly causing them to turn on us.. and what was the eventual result?
-Trickle down economics. Still today the myth exists that this system works. It really does. For the rich. Not so much for the middle class or poor though. Any other reason why the rich since then have got so much richer and the poor so much poorer? The "poor people are lazy excuse" doesn't really work anymore.
-Secret wars in South America
-Strong evidence suggests the hostage crisis/negotiation was intentionally sabotaged in order to ensure a victorious election for Reagan. Common sense seals the deal.
-Overthrew democratic leaders and install dictators
-Bloated defense budgets, unnecessary spending on failed concepts such as "star wars"
-Massive deregulation that ultimately led to two stock market crashes.
-Massive-scale union busting, including substantial firings of people for exercising their right to strike.
-the beginning of war on middle class
-war on drugs: eventually putting more people in jail per capita than any other civilized country in the world
-Massive tax cuts for wealthy people and corporations, ultimately leading to substantial government under-funding and debt.
-Iran Contra. It's fact at this point.
-Supporting The taliban and Al-queda (Bin-Laden DIRECTLY) with money and stockpiles of weaponry to use against the soviets. Yes, we are responsible for CREATING al-queda, arming them, providing training and support, and ultimately abandoning them, directly causing them to turn on us.. and what was the eventual result?
-Trickle down economics. Still today the myth exists that this system works. It really does. For the rich. Not so much for the middle class or poor though. Any other reason why the rich since then have got so much richer and the poor so much poorer? The "poor people are lazy excuse" doesn't really work anymore.