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Reagan handmade34 May 2015 #1
The 'magic snake oil'... odd_duck May 2015 #65
Why should you think it was monocausal? malthaussen May 2015 #2
Bingo davekriss May 2015 #8
Exactly right. They all had a hand in pushing supply side failure on point May 2015 #10
Yes, but Reagan SLASHED tax rates on the wealthy and to this day they are still slashed. NoJusticeNoPeace May 2015 #53
They've been in decline since JFK malthaussen May 2015 #57
As a result of the 1981 and 1986 bills, the top income tax rate was slashed from 70% to 28%. NoJusticeNoPeace May 2015 #59
Earned versus unearned income. 1939 May 2015 #64
you hit the nail on the head! liberal_at_heart May 2015 #63
Every single one of them worked/works for big donors/big corporations Marrah_G May 2015 #3
No one screwed the economy. The rich always keep getting richer. It's most of us who got screwed. merrily May 2015 #4
I'll stick with Ronnie Raygun as the one Go Vols May 2015 #5
Deregulation began with Nixon and continues through Obama. merrily May 2015 #6
Breaking the Unions started with Ronnie, Go Vols May 2015 #7
Breaking unions started with FDR. That was one of the first New Deal merrily May 2015 #11
RayGun used PATCO to make organized labor look like the bad guys. lpbk2713 May 2015 #15
Raygun changed our economy by introducing the trickledown theory - the others including jwirr May 2015 #9
When did the US economy operate in another way? merrily May 2015 #12
Under FDR. We had a mixed economy that created the middle class. Not the filthy rich. Do you jwirr May 2015 #14
I think we have always had a plutocracy. merrily May 2015 #19
When it comes to what type of government I agree. But plutocracy and democracy are not jwirr May 2015 #20
Plutonomy then. merrily May 2015 #22
Please define that? jwirr May 2015 #25
.... merrily May 2015 #26
Then why are we talking about income inequality now? Why haven't we been talking about it all jwirr May 2015 #33
I'm sure people have always talked about it. They just didn't necessarily used that term. merrily May 2015 #45
The campaign money and lobbying is definitely a BIG problem. I think what you are calling a jwirr May 2015 #50
I think we are, but I would call it big business, since a mom and pop can be incorporated and a merrily May 2015 #56
I know. We us the word corporate to mean so many things. A lot of small family farmers jwirr May 2015 #67
Wow. That's impressive. Facism, too. merrily May 2015 #70
I wish Bernie could scare them but he needs a lot of us at his back. And he looks so gentle. jwirr May 2015 #72
I use the words trickle down because I do not know what else to call the economic theory that jwirr May 2015 #52
It's as good a name as any. merrily May 2015 #62
I do agree that it has always been here and I suspect that it can be found in the history of a lot jwirr May 2015 #69
I'm guessing you weren't around before Reagan? ieoeja May 2015 #78
You might want to check this as well. merrily May 2015 #36
that's because the economy isn't destroyed OKNancy May 2015 #13
Good observation. Nye Bevan May 2015 #16
No nude Texans. merrily May 2015 #31
The economy started declining with computers, and Americans liking transistor radios and VW Beetles. Hoyt May 2015 #17
Want fries with that? merrily May 2015 #28
Trading among ourselves will not stop "want fries with that." Hoyt May 2015 #34
Not trading among ourselves sure isn't stopping it, either. Thing is, what will? merrily May 2015 #37
A bit naive. Not sure there is a whole lot that will change things, that's why Hoyt May 2015 #44
It's funny you say we must look to Scandinavia, then rule out Sanders in the next breath. merrily May 2015 #46
Because he can't get us there, other than as an idea man. He can't win a GE. Hoyt May 2015 #48
LOL. merrily May 2015 #49
"Admittedly, I pulled those percentages out of my rear" AgingAmerican May 2015 #73
Awesome! neverforget May 2015 #88
Regan and the Republicans have done a masterful job of fucking the middle and lower class. NCTraveler May 2015 #18
Use the r word all you want. NAFTA, repeal of Glass Steagall. No, he wasn't the only one, but merrily May 2015 #21
I would agree with your assessment. nt. NCTraveler May 2015 #24
NAFTA was Clintons biggest mistake AgingAmerican May 2015 #79
Sorry, but Clinton, Summer and Greenspan ALL worked very hard to get that veto proof majority by merrily May 2015 #81
Clinton was definitely for it AgingAmerican May 2015 #85
"Although I believe it would have passed regardless." merrily May 2015 #86
There is quite a difference between "ruined the economy" and "the TPP will ruin the economy". djean111 May 2015 #23
reagan, happily supported by the dem party. KG May 2015 #27
Well, by politicians. I have this crazy idea we voters are also part of the party. merrily May 2015 #30
It's not one individual or treaty but an overall trajectory BainsBane May 2015 #29
It has been policies, not personalities, that have ruined the economy me b zola May 2015 #32
Uh, labor was protesting NAFTA back when it was being sold. Marr May 2015 #35
+1 /nt RiverLover May 2015 #66
Who cares what labor wants? Republicans have made them out to be bad guys and liberal_at_heart May 2015 #75
When both led us to this point, I suppose it is. mmonk May 2015 #38
The Bush administration stopped enforcing anti-trust laws AgingAmerican May 2015 #39
Anti trust laws were also loosening up and loosening up over a long period. merrily May 2015 #51
The Bush admin completely ignored them AgingAmerican May 2015 #54
Maybe, but, by then, there was not much to enforce anyway. merrily May 2015 #60
The laws didn't allow wholesale grift AgingAmerican May 2015 #77
I have no idea what that means. Besides, jailing people after the economies of several nations merrily May 2015 #82
Not jailing them, or prosecuting them AgingAmerican May 2015 #84
Reagan. Where economics is concerned, he was Morgoth to GW Bush's Sauron. True Blue Door May 2015 #40
Several had a hand in it, but you forgot Clinton for daredtowork May 2015 #41
They ALL had a hand in it. 99Forever May 2015 #42
Not a single President screwed over the economy. It was a combined effort. Autumn May 2015 #43
Big money destroyed the economy. It now costs more than $1 billion to buy the job of president. lumberjack_jeff May 2015 #47
The Economy is not destroyed 4Q2u2 May 2015 #55
Who are you talking to? Bradical79 May 2015 #58
When in doubt, blame a Clinton... SidDithers May 2015 #61
Complaining about federal taxes..... 1939 May 2015 #68
Think back to the status of your own communities. Vinca May 2015 #71
Perhaps a Reminder One_Life_To_Give May 2015 #74
Rayguns the great destroyer workinclasszero May 2015 #76
Rumours of its demise have been greatly exaggerated. Donald Ian Rankin May 2015 #80
The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #83
The players behind the Reagan administration didn't help matters. HughBeaumont May 2015 #87
Well, you have all day and many good explanations... SalviaBlue May 2015 #89
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