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C Moon

(12,210 posts) Mon Jan 8, 2018, 03:59 AM Jan 2018

An old article (1983) showing that Ronald Reagan's admin. was NOT too left for today's GOP.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-james-watt-survives-19830609

It disgusts me when people say that Reagan would be considered too left to be accepted by today's GOP.

The Christian Right was blossoming under his reign: they were called the New Right or the Religious Right. Same thing, different decade.
Watt was an asshole who was appointed by Reagan—Watt was an 80's Trump, Sessions, Bannon...

Reagan was NOT an American hero: he was the beginning of what we are currently experiencing with Trump.

Fuck the Reagan years!!!

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An old article (1983) showing that Ronald Reagan's admin. was NOT too left for today's GOP. (Original Post) C Moon Jan 2018 OP

I remember the Reagan years well. The only difference between then and now is 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2018 #1

Hear, hear! BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #2

I think it's fine to say that to Reagan admirers. n/t pnwmom Jan 2018 #3

Reagan focused on steering more power and money to wealthy/managers at expense of rest of us wishstar Jan 2018 #4

Actually, it's the Nixon administration that would be too far left for today's GOP. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2018 #5

Well, there are some here who do just that. C Moon Jan 2018 #8

Reagan made greed and stupity fashionable Skittles Jan 2018 #6

+100,000,000,000,000,000,000 C Moon Jan 2018 #7

it made me sick, the number of voters who fell for his garbage Skittles Jan 2018 #9

50 Shades Of Blue

(9,928 posts)

1. I remember the Reagan years well. The only difference between then and now is

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Mon Jan 8, 2018, 04:04 AM

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Reagan wasn't on the take from Russia.

BigmanPigman

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2. Hear, hear!

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Mon Jan 8, 2018, 04:09 AM

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pnwmom

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3. I think it's fine to say that to Reagan admirers. n/t

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Mon Jan 8, 2018, 04:13 AM

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wishstar

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4. Reagan focused on steering more power and money to wealthy/managers at expense of rest of us

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Mon Jan 8, 2018, 04:44 AM

Jan 2018

The Social Security changes that were enacted lowered benefits and created taxation of benefits, amounting to reduced income for lower and middle income Americans. COLA was reformulated in order to lower yearly inflation adjustments for pensions.

Same Trump playbook of de-regulation gutting consumer and environmental protections in order to enable businesses. Tax giveaways with promises of trickle down that won't happen. Reagan tax cuts led to subsequent cuts to state and local programs causing state and local governments to have to raise taxes to keep programs functioning.

Reagan's was by far the worst administration for labor relations and unions with so many violations against rights of Federal employees that Clinton Admin inherited huge backlog of grievances to settle and make right.
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