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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat Ronald F*cking Reagan has done for America
In the last 35 years, CEO pay has risen 725%
Worker pay has only risen by 5.7%
CEO yearly salary average - $13,000,000.
Average worker yearly salary - $34,000.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)Too bad he wasn't cremated and thrown to the winds...then he'd take even less space.
liberal N proud
(60,335 posts)even the teabaggers roots are in Reaganomics.
dchill
(38,502 posts)Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)R. Reagan was either a scoundrel or a fool. And needs to be recognized as such.
JimboBillyBubbaBob
(1,389 posts)Raygun was a foolish scoundrel!
JeffHead
(1,186 posts)Just reading the script. History will tell us our downfall all started with Reagan.
russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)Reagan would still fit in perfectly within the GOP if he were alive today, contrary to what many supposed progressive pundits have said about him. He was a dick to the working class and minorities, just like many modern members of his party, and he was the main guy who opened this giant can of worms.
Initech
(100,080 posts)And couldn't we say the root cause of most of our problems is the obscene salaries the the executive class makes?
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)Reagan was a puppet. He was an actor playing the role of president for his corporate masters.
Mr.Bill
(24,301 posts)for corporate America.
LisaLynne
(14,554 posts)Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)of criminals
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reagan_administration_scandals
No other president has come close to building such an impressive record of criminal activity, so show a little respect for this impressive accomplishment.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)as I give him the "one-finger salute".
B Calm
(28,762 posts)Kath1
(4,309 posts)In college, my roommates and I would always boo, hiss, curse and give the TV the finger every time his nasty old face came on. We didn't even realize at the time what a real disaster his legacy would be.
Triana
(22,666 posts)Kath1
(4,309 posts)My friends and I were very anti-war and were thrilled to see that criminal go.
Jake2413
(226 posts)progressoid
(49,991 posts)Triana
(22,666 posts)...he also facilitated the building up of many more walls in the United States.