America is still haunted by Ronald Reagan’s corruption

https://www.salon.com/2024/06/20/america-is-still-haunted-by-the-ghost-of-ronald-reagans-corruption/

24 comments

  1. Still waitin’ for that trickle down stuff to start working!

    It _almost_ seems like the stuff’s been defying gravity and just keeps trickling **Up!**

  2. Reagan was inaugurated in January 1981, making the first fiscal year (FY) he budgeted 1982 and the final budget 1989. During Reagan’s presidency, the federal debt held by the public nearly tripled in nominal terms, from $738 billion to $2.1 trillion.

  4. We know. Every shit problem societally we have can be traced back to him. He either created or exacerbated them during his time.

    -Student loan debt? Reagan.

    -Billionaires existing? Reagan.

    -Unions losing their power? Reagan

    -Drug problems in the city? Reagan

    -Homeless people everywhere? Reagan

    -Apartheid in South Africa? Helped by Reagan

    -AIDS stigma? Reagan

    -The Republican nutjobs we have now? Trace that shit back to Reagan

  5. If you want one singular reason to hate Ronald Reagan it is because he is a prime reason college tuition is insane and requires student loans. There’s a host of other reasons, but this is the one that angers me the most.

  6. A fun fact nobody talks about (because I had to calculate this statistic myself) is that Ronald Reagan got 96% of his total vote from white voters in 1980 and 1984.

    His campaign was of course steered by the firm of Black, Manafort, Atwater, and Stone.

    Yet almost the entire country believes on some level that Reagan was decent while Trump isn’t. A pretense of having manners shouldn’t count for anything in politics.

  7. Ronald Reagan’s FCC abolished the Fairness Doctrine which, since 1949, required media to present both sides’ opinions in the rare event they weren’t just reporting straight news. This is what led to Fox News…

  8. “A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions tell me that’s true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not.” And the country cheered and forgave him and elevated him to hero status in the Republican Party. Things haven’t changed.

  9. I’ve said many times that Trump is Reaganism come full circle. Bigly.

  11. Corruption permits more corruption, and eventually it turns into a blackhole. The escape velocity passes light speed and it becomes impossible for non-corrupt politicians to survive. This is arguably the worst effect that Trump has and will have on the US, he gave people permission to be brazenly and openly corrupt and face no consequences.

  12. Reagan was ev­il and one of the very few people who makes me hope he­ll is re­al.

  13. He was the fucking worse. Like every fucking problem we are dealing with now can be traced back to that Republican devil.

  14. “A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions tell me that’s true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not.” – Ronald Reagan

    Reagan was corrupt and an idiot. He really started the republican doctrine to normalize lying to your face.

  16. America was never the same after the Reagan Admiration. Used the fear of Black People to strip almost every social safety net to the bone. Can’t believe he won 49 out of 50 states, insane.

  19. Other people have mentioned Iran Contra which was an insane grift, but let’s not forget Reagan arranging to keep the American hostages in Iran until after the inauguration. 

  20. Haunted? Shit’s still actively strangling us.

  21. Even people who hate Tr**p remember Reagan in a glowing, golden light. He started this whole mess we’re dealing with today, but….he had such a nice smile!! People like to be fooled.

  22. The end of the middle class can be traced directly back to that MF.

  24. Ronald Reagan screwed the working class with an evil smile and laughed about it.

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