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By Halskiisaklink Asked Jan 28 2007 6:58AM
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by kedar on Sep 20, 2007 at 7:30 am Permalink

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Actor and former U.S. president Ronald Wilson Reagan is being given credit for everything good had happened during his administration, whether he was responsible or not -- Some even seem to credit him with creating good weather.

Reagan's administration cut social spending to the bone, creating the homeless problem by turning hundreds of thousands of mentally ill people out on the streets.

President Reagan appointed quintessential conservative, Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court, gave chemical weapons to Saddam Hussein, and claimed that trees cause most pollution, cut school funding, trying to classify ketchup as a vegetable, traded arms, money, drugs, and hostages between Iran and the Nicaraguan rebels -- More appointed officials were indicted and convicted of crimes than under any other president.

Reagan administration blatant refusal to deal with the issue of AIDS while thousands of Americans were dying from the disease. Popular American motion-picture actor Rock Hudson became the first major public figure to die of AIDS-related illness in 1986. It would be a further two years, and nearly five years after the outbreak of the epidemic, before President Ronald Reagan mentioned the terms AIDS.

The 40th president of the United States catastrophically lowered taxes in 1981, creating debt so bad he raised taxes each of the next six years and still didn't make up for it. And while he streamlined the complex and exemption-riddled income tax, his changes created the largest-ever shift of tax burden from the wealthy to the middle-class and working poor.

Reagan was a mediocre actor who desperately needed a second career -- A bad president, who promulgated bad policies and appointed bad people.
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Avatar DA BEN DAN yanggui zi COAT Sep, 25 2007 at 12:18 AM
:) unemployed B grade actor....actually I think Nancy ran the country.

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by Nosey-Steve on Sep 20, 2007 at 6:19 am Permalink

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Ronald Reagan cut the marginal tax rate, patting the backs of all the rich people who helped him win the presidential election. This action made him very popular with his friends in high places, while slowing the economy down, down, down.

I was mostly amazed that America could elect such an inept presiden. Reagan was one of the worst president America has ever loved. American people wanted someone who could be honest and likeable, so they elected and actor.
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by CousinVinny on Sep 20, 2007 at 11:24 am Permalink

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Yes. He is still dead.
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by The Decider on May 27, 2009 at 4:12 am Permalink

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Reagan was a bad president

Under Reagan, we sent the deficit skyrocketing, growing faster in real dollars than under any other president, including the current one. We cut social spending to the bone, creating the homeless problem by turning hundreds of thousands of mentally ill people out on the streets. We appointed Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court. We cut school funding, trying to classify ketchup as a vegetable. We banned the Beach Boys as attracting the wrong sort of crowd. We traded arms, money, drugs, and hostages between Iran and the Nicaraguan rebels. More appointed officials were indicted and convicted of crimes than under any other president. We gave chemical weapons to Saddam Hussein. We claimed that trees cause most pollution.

He catastrophically lowered taxes in 1981, creating debt so bad he raised taxes each of the next six years and still didn't make up for it. And while he streamlined the complex and exemption-riddled income tax, his changes created the largest-ever shift of tax burden from the wealthy to the middle-class and working poor.

He was a bad president, who promulgated bad policies and appointed bad people.
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by Moongrim on May 27, 2009 at 8:37 am Permalink

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"I can't recall".
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Answer 6 out of 24

by misshell on fire on Oct 8, 2007 at 5:07 pm Permalink

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a total and complete joke. but the joke isn't funny anymore.
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by ChicChick on Sep 20, 2007 at 7:38 am Permalink

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I like his movies.
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by kidalbino on Jun 27, 2007 at 11:12 pm Permalink

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He should have been in prison for the debt he put our country in. He was a figurehead the last few years in office. He helped fund terrorism
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Answer 9 out of 24

by peterpam on Jun 27, 2007 at 11:14 pm Permalink

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Did he ever stop acting?
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Avatar Cowboy-Read My Profile Jun, 27 2007 at 11:19 PM
He was not only one of the top three U.S. Presidents of all time, his is in the top 10 of all time world leaders of all time.
Avatar peterpam Jun, 27 2007 at 11:39 PM
Ther are a vast number that disagree, his gung ho attitude to many of us was more suited to the "silver screen."
Avatar Halskiisaklink Jun, 28 2007 at 01:46 AM
He was part of the public relations constructions of heads of state that predominated in the West during the eighties. The Anti-Communism was completely unnecessary, and I don't like the way he treated the poor or unconventional families.

Answer 10 out of 24

by gone on Sep 20, 2007 at 11:08 am Permalink

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Loved Bedtime for Bonzo.
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