1-Nicaraguan contras. Reagan called them the "moral
equivalent of our founding fathers." U.S. created
**** army in Nicaragua murdered tens of thousands of
people and destroyed a social revolution; today
majority of Nicaraguans live in poverty in the 2nd
poorest country in the hemisphere after Haiti.
2-PATCO. 11,000 union air traffic controllers fired by
Reagan, opened and encouraged a new era of union
busting by employers and anti-union policies.
3-Reganomics, as Papa Bush called it "voodoo
economics," how to carry out the biggest tax cut for
the rich and biggest military buildup in decades while
maintaining a balanced budget. It didn't work.
4-Afghanistan. CIA created, trained, funded, and armed
"freedom fighters" in Afghanistan, including Osama bin
Laden, to fight the Soviets.
5-"Trees Cause Pollution". Said Reagan, removing
thousands of acres of public land to hand them over to
timber, **** and mining corporations.
6-Star Wars, MX "peacekeeper" ****, B-1 bomber. And
other destabilizing weapons systems intended to foster
a new arms race with the Soviets and create a new
U.S.-first strike capability.
7-Bitburg. Reagan's pays homage to ****'s most elite
military group while visiting an SS cemetery, calls
the SS victims of **** "just as surely as the
victims in the concentration camps."
8-Antonin Scalia. Appointed by Reagan to the Supreme
Court.
9-Angola. CIA funds and arms a **** guerilla army
that kills millions in a two-decade war, with an
ongoing legacy of the world's most land mines.
10- Civil Rights. Justice Department slashes funding
for civil rights enforcement.
11- "Aristocratic Movement". As one historian put it.
Ron and Nancy become patrons of aristocratic culture
in fashion, communications,etc. "Dynasty" and "Lives
of the Rich and Famous" become major TV shows.
12- Iran Contra Affair. Secret White House cabal sells
arms to Iran to fund contras, subverting the
Constitution and avoiding Congressional oversight.
13- Guatemala. Rightwing, evangelist dictatorship
funded and armed, with frequent massacres of the
indigenous population, and 1/8 of population
displaced. Dictator Rios Montt says on national TV he
had "declared a state of siege so we could ****
legally." Regan says Rios Montt had a "bum rap" on
human rights abuses.
14- "Ketchup is a vegetable." Dept. of Agriculture
says ketchup can be counted as a vegetable for
calculating nutritional value in school lunches to
facilitate major cuts in public school lunch funding.
15- William Rehnquist. Appointed Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court by Reagan.
16- Savings and Loan ****. Created by banking
industry deregulation,costs U.S. taxpayers billions to
bail out failed S&Ls.
17- Homelessness. Grows by the millions as
"Reaganville" homeless camps are created across U.S.
Regan says many are "homeless by choice."
18- Conspicuous consumption. "Yachting," "Gourmet,"
"Architectural Digest," and "Wine Spectator" are the
fastest growing U.S.magazines, with the aid of the
biggest tax cut for the rich in U.S.history.
19- Industrial wastelands. Mass shift of high-wage
industrial jobs overseas,creating ghost lands in the
industrial heartland.
20- South Africa. U.S. opposes divestiture and
continues to back white rule in Pretoria defying
growing worldwide anti-apartheid movement.
21- CIA drug running. CIA supports drug empires in
Latin America,including Manuel Noriega in Panama and
drug kingpins in Colombia to support U.S. policies in
region, fostering growth of crack and drug crisis in
U.S.
22- Ferdinand Marcos. VP George Bush salutes Marcos'
"commitment to democracy" as U.S. continues to prop up
his dictatorship in the Philippines.
23- James Watt, Earl Butz, Ed Meese. Reagan cabinet
members.
24- El Salvador. U.S. funded and trained death-squads
and their government sponsors **** tens of thousands
of Salvadorans, plus an archbishop and U.S.nuns.
25- Income gap. Richest 10% hold 73% of country's net
worth following the Reagan years. Ratio of executive
pay to factory worker pay goes from 42:1 in 1980 to
419:1.
Got this in an e-mail, wanted to share.
Why i am Mourning Reagan
During his tenure...
Inflation went down
Interest rates went down
Unemployment went down
Median household income went up
The deficit went up though
Im not mouring Reagan because...
1) I was extremely young when he was in office so I dont really know his contributions to our country...
2) I dont really care...not too sound cold. but hell, I didnt know his **** personally...
10- Civil Rights. Justice Department slashes funding
for civil rights enforcement.
16- Savings and Loan ****. Created by banking
industry deregulation,costs U.S. taxpayers billions to
bail out failed S&Ls.
17- Homelessness. Grows by the millions as
"Reaganville" homeless camps are created across U.S.
Regan says many are "homeless by choice."
20- South Africa. U.S. opposes divestiture and
continues to back white rule in Pretoria defying
growing worldwide anti-apartheid movement.
.
23- James Watt, Earl Butz, Ed Meese. Reagan cabinet
members.
24- El Salvador. U.S. funded and trained death-squads
and their government sponsors **** tens of thousands
of Salvadorans, plus an archbishop and U.S.nuns.
25- Income gap. Richest 10% hold 73% of country's net
worth following the Reagan years. Ratio of executive
pay to factory worker pay goes from 42:1 in 1980 to
419:1.
I love these reasons. He ain't do hardly nothing for black people, and he was rascist for what I know. When he won election, he went straight to Philadelphia, Mississippi and talked to the people about justice. That city was all about rascism, everyone nationally knew that. And then when he went there, he spoke to an all white crowd. WTF is that. Oh well, he will not be missed by me
Most of the people (that I know) were way too young to know about Reagan or Reaganomics....I think people just say stuff like that(not mourning him) b/c they hear everybody else saying it.......
Im not mouring Reagan because...
1) I was extremely young when he was in office so I dont really know his contributions to our country...
2) I dont really care...not too sound cold. but hell, I didnt know his **** personally...
Why i am Mourning Reagan
During his tenure...
Inflation went down
Interest rates went down
Unemployment went down
Median household income went up
The deficit went up though
While you are praising Reagan's economic stance you fail to realize that
1) His REGANOMICS didn't work long (all of the things you mentioned were very temporary)
2) He made the rich richer and the poor poorer
3)He didn't give a F*ck about black people!!!!!
I said that it didnt affect you so why do you give a eff? Unless u like 30 sumthin'
But for the sake of an argument.....
Well...I dont need a president (or gov't)to give me a hand up or a hand out, because I can do for myself. And what I cant do for myself my daddy can. I dont need gov't assistance for anything so that 'he dont care about black people' argument is so yesterday.
I said that it didnt affect you so why do you give a eff? Unless u like 30 sumthin'
But for the sake of an argument.....
Well...I dont need a president (or gov't)to give me a hand up or a hand out, because I can do for myself. And what I cant do for myself my daddy can. I dont need gov't assistance for anything so that 'he dont care about black people' argument is so yesterday.
So what if u poor and can't do much cause u have no education or no money? That was the state of a lot of black people back then. Then u would need assisstance
