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colsohlibgal

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4. Agree Totally

Reply to Casady1 (Original post)

Wed Aug 11, 2021, 06:56 PM

Aug 2021

The long term damage he did is incalculable. He undid FDR’s New Deal.

The Top Marginal Tax Rate was 70% when he took over, down some from historical highs a bit. He slashed it to 28% before he left. On top of that he did away with the Fairness Doctrine.....which eventually begat Fox News, OAN, NewsMax, etc.

The B Actor President is hardly ever called to account on this, at least on Mainstream Media.

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Forty years of Raygun- an unmitigated disaster [View all] Casady1 Aug 2021 OP

There you go again...Raygun Bluethroughu Aug 2021 #1

that name is profanity in my mind . AllaN01Bear Aug 2021 #2

Agree. musette_sf Aug 2021 #3

Agree Totally colsohlibgal Aug 2021 #4

He also disrupted a lot of LBJ's Great Society gains... brush Aug 2021 #5

Most of my life was held hostage by Reagun. BigmanPigman Aug 2021 #6

I agree, and don't forget that Bull $h1t line he gave during his ... aggiesal Aug 2021 #11

I say this all the time too MuseRider Aug 2021 #7

Many clueless X'ers take it as a personal insult when I go scorched earth on his legacy. Efilroft Sul Aug 2021 #9

That makes me want to gag! MuseRider Aug 2021 #12

why can't historians say it now how he sucked? pansypoo53219 Aug 2021 #8

raygun sucked - but he was a stooge.... Locrian Aug 2021 #10

+1,000,000,000 Auggie Aug 2021 #16

Yep. Terrible. Fucked up CA, then fucked up the USA relayerbob Aug 2021 #13

That's two times dianaredwing Aug 2021 #14

This is something the millennials will never understand FakeNoose Aug 2021 #15

The one chance we had to stop this runaway train wreck mountain grammy Aug 2021 #17

In my Mind Reagan was the worst thing in the past 50+ years... StClone Aug 2021 #18