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Art_from_Ark

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7. When did he strongly push to end all that?

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2015, 07:18 AM

Nov 2015

He made some bullshit record in 1961 against "socialized medicine", but in the 1980 campaign he did not advocate for the destruction of these programs in the campaign, he only claimed that Medicare wasn't what he had wanted. And he actually ran on a platform of "strengthening" Social Security by increasing the payroll tax (which he later raided to pay for his tax cuts for the rich).

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Ronald Reagan was elected TWICE even though he strongly pushed to end Social Security [View all] pnwmom Nov 2015 OP

So we should be talking about those aspects of him, he wants to end beloved and vital programs Bluenorthwest Nov 2015 #1

Absolutely! Spot on! NonMetro Nov 2015 #2

Reagan was never going to end Social Security regardless of what he "wanted" madville Nov 2015 #3

But Ben Carson has a chance if he has a Rethug congress to back him up. pnwmom Nov 2015 #4

They would need around 10 Democratic Senators madville Nov 2015 #5

Maybe this is a dumb question, but what could be the possible justifications for ending smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #6

When did he strongly push to end all that? Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #7