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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:40 PM Original message |
How does Ronald Reagan's legacy impact us today? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. He taught us that running a government is free |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Unions are under attack and have been since Reagan fired the air traffic controllers |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Don't forget that PATCO endorsed Raygun |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Reagan effectively killed the democratic left in congress....democrats coming |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Trickle down economics WORKED!!! |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. He empowered the bubbas |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. He gave birth to the radical rightwing. |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. The generation of gay men wiped out by Reagan's Aidsgate. knr nt |
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TwentyFive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. He taught the Far Right, Theocrats, Wall St., etc the Middle Class will vote against themselves. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. He gave govt. a bad name and convinced people that it did not work well for them. |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Precisely. Reagan deliberately and openly undermined American confidence in gov't. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. It makes me wonder why most Repubs even want to be in govt. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. the main effect |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Yes |
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Still Sensible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. His legacy remains the basic trickle down |
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TwentyFive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. Osama Bin Ladin is the #1 fan for Ronald Reagan. |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. +10000000 nt |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. Reagan and Thatcher turned the world to shit. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. never trust the boys in the basement..... |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. We've had government of, by and for the corporations ever since then. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. He ridiculed "Government" until people lost their trust in it, which is to say in themselves. Filth |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. A generation without a real education |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 04:40 AM Response to Original message |
23. He brought back the War on Drugs, with a vengeance. |
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