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He told difficult truths and was pilloried. Reagan whispered fairy tales and delusions while making things worse yet was canonized.
These chickens have come home to roost.
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This always bears cognizance (Original Post)
misanthrope
Jun 2019
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Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)1. K&R
empedocles
(15,751 posts)2. Carter had 20% short term interest rates rising to 20% in his term.
Federal Reserve squeezed out Nixon's shut the gold window wild inflation, at Carter's expense.
Reagan was the beneficiary of a recovering economy - helped by 'balance budget' reagan's ability to promote then record new debt, to jumpstart the economy.
That had something to do with the popularity polls.
malaise
(269,054 posts)3. One of the great speeches of all times
I play it often
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)4. The audience of today is no smarter than the bunch that fell for Reagan
The chickens will just keep coming.