But other than those 2, most presidents have demonstrated no understanding of economics at all.But the difference was that Reagan made it OK to aspire. He made it moral to want to improve yourself. I was a poor kid who wanted to improve myself, and I can't imagine having felt the ...
It was Jimmy Carter and Ted Kennedy who deregulated the airline industry. Get your facts straight. Because of the Dems deregulating the Airline Industry and disbanding the CAB, the once healthy industry has now become only four major airlines. Reagan had nothing to do with it. ...
Here, though, now, we have a pretty good illustration of at least half of Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy: after he declared his “War on Terror” (re: a war on everyone outside the US’s sphere of influence) the Reagan administration unleashed terror upon the world via the CIA. It g...
Economic inequality is also referred to as 'unequal distribution of wealth' or as some people in the last few years have referred to as the 1%. It is the idea that a certain few have more wealth than the rest of us combined. Hence the Wall Street protests wi...
Have you ever heard of Herbert Hoover, the 31st president of the United States? Find out what happened when a very successful businessman became president during the Great Depression, one of the worst times for the United States economy. ...
Dan Miller
President Reagan had the answer. One simple question that drove Jimmy Carter out of the White House in 1980. On campaign stops, Ronald Reagan would ask the crowd—”Are you better off than you were 4 years ago“? Then as now, the overwhelming response was: Hell no. ...
In 1900 [1980], McKinley [Reagan] was forced by Republican partisans of the Jews to appoint “Teddy” Roosevelt [“Poppy” Bush] as Vice President to get the “Jewish vote.” McKinley’s [Reagan’s] appointment of Roosevelt soon turned out to be his demise. Joesmith October 15, 2017...
Although the 1980s were a time of great wealth and prosperity for many, it wasn't that way for everyone.Reagan's theory of Trickle-Down Economics— the idea that tax breaks for the rich would somehow make their way to the poor — was a great benefit to those at the top that never ...
I told Senator Hatch that TEFRA was a betrayal of Reaganomics and supply-side economics, but he wouldn’t listen. He voted for the bill, and President Reagan held his nose and signed the legislation into law. Orrin and I never talked politics after that. ...