Basically handed the keys over to corporations, deregulated us to hell, and left poor inner city communities to rot with things like the "War on Drugs" and opposition to social programs. The income inequality horserace really started to ramp up because of his policies.Can someone educate me on what Reagan did? I wasn't even alive when he was president, all I know is he's supposed to be Conservative Jesus.
Basically handed the keys over to corporations, deregulated us to hell, and left poor inner city communities to rot with things like the "War on Drugs" and opposition to social programs. The income inequality horserace really started to ramp up because of his policies.
Basically handed the keys over to corporations, deregulated us to hell, and left poor inner city communities to rot with things like the "War on Drugs" and opposition to social programs. The income inequality horserace really started to ramp up because of his policies.
Basically handed the keys over to corporations, deregulated us to hell, and left poor inner city communities to rot with things like the "War on Drugs" and opposition to social programs. The income inequality horserace really started to ramp up because of his policies.
Hell, his wife's low fat diet initiative as well as his subsidies on corn led to high fructose corn syrup and sugar replacing all fats in food, creating the obesity epidemic we have in the US today.
Haha, wow. The carnage never ends with these guys. I love how everyone thought he was saving America from the brink, and it was all just intensely negative effects to the country.Hell, his wife's low fat diet initiative as well as his subsidies on corn led to high fructose corn syrup and sugar replacing all fats in food, creating the obesity epidemic we have in the US today.
I don't know for sure, but I bet there's a Behind the Bastards podcast about Reagan, there just has to be. But those guys are so good at taking a complex person/history and making it super entertaining and easy to listen to.Wow. Any recommended reading on this? Wouldn't mind digging into a reputable book on the subject
Bush started 2 wars based on lies that resulted in the deaths of millions. He's pretty fucking awful.its Reagan or Trump
I hated Bush, but hes not as bad as the other two.
But since trump is most recent and affects mostly my life and future.....I'm going with that fuck
Or the entire Iran/Contra affair. Dude was a scumfuck of the highest order.
He's working on closing that gap with Coronavirus.
5 million people could die in the US as a result of the Coronavirus and he would still have a lower body count than W.
Exactly.
Nailed it.Domestically, Reagan is the right answer. Bush with his 18 year war has really done a number internationally.
Bush started 2 wars based on lies that resulted in the deaths of millions. He's pretty fucking awful.
I fucking hate W, but is this true? I'm reading that worse case scenario for the Iraq War was 1,124,000 casualties (which... holy fucking shit... there's a special place in hell for W) and Afghanistan is 249,000 deaths. These are both significantly higher than most estimates as well.5 million people could die in the US as a result of the Coronavirus and he would still have a lower body count than W.
Ah idk where the 5 mil number came from, I just thought that was the caseStill give it to Reagan for enabling all of this to happen, but George W & Trump are spectacularly horrible presidents.
I fucking hate W, but is this true? I'm reading that worse case scenario for the Iraq War was 1,124,000 casualties (which... holy fucking shit... there's a special place in hell for W) and Afghanistan is 249,000 deaths. These are both significantly higher than most estimates as well.
Reagan killed Christianity and introduced trickle down economics and set the stage for most corporate welfare
bush Iraq war and continue Reagan conservatism
trump killed civility and made opinions = fact and killed the way the executive branch operates. He also made a war on clean energy. Corporate welfare on steroids.
s'all bad
Can someone educate me on what Reagan did? I wasn't even alive when he was president, all I know is he's supposed to be Conservative Jesus.
If you want a really in-depth rundown of what a monumental bastard Reagan was (long before he ever became President, too), I highly recommend this episode of The Dollop podcast:
👍Reagonomics decimated the middle class and the American Dream. He gave power to Osama Bin Laden, and strengthened cartel power in Central and South America.
Basically, most of the bad things in our modern America were born during his presidency.
Yeah, it's absolutely Raegan. Honestly, his impact on the GOP and USA pretty much put the country in a downward spiral. The beginning of the end, so to speak.
EDIT: Nixon also had a tremendous negative impact obviously, but it doesn't come close.
He also started predatory capitalism (Friendman economics) and propped up corporations, precipitating the downward spiral to profit and hell.Basically handed the keys over to corporations, deregulated us to hell, and left poor inner city communities to rot with things like the "War on Drugs" and opposition to social programs. The income inequality horserace really started to ramp up because of his policies.
Reagan is the root of the modern Republicans. His legacy is what the GOP is now.
So he's the one to blame. He's the worst. The rest wouldn't have even gotten anywhere without how fundamentally Reagan changed America
I feel like Reagan created the landscape that made W and Trump likeable to many people.