Sorry, this one's going to be about Reagan rather than Ventura.
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Originally Posted by bryantm3
Although Reagan did loosen up restrictions on corporations, such as corporate income taxes, he also significantly lowered personal income tax brackets........
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Yes yes yes... and before sanctions began, Saddam Hussein led the most prosperous period of Iraq's history, significantly raising the living standard of the average Iraq citizen. The point
not being that Reagan=Hussein (obviously), but aren't there some things that make such "benefits" seem - well, somewhat less significant and the pages of history somewhat more tainted than you might have us believe?
Remind me again, which adminstration helped supply Iraq with the components and expertise to produce those pesky WMD?
Which administration not only turned a blind eye to Hussein's use of chemical gas on his own people, but extended his credit limit?!
Which President was caught up in selling arms to Iran (officially listed at the time as a terrorist state, so in contravention not only of his camapign pledges but of the wider arms embargo)?
Who was it who later lied about this to the nation?
Then retracted that denial a week later?
Who was crying "just say no" on the one hand while illegally supplying arms to the Nicaraguan Contras - involving the support of large scale drug traffikers - on the other?
Are you ignorant of the above, or do these things genuinely seem less important to you than lowering personal income tax brackets?
You bring up the Cold War. That you honestly think this man was "a genius" for "his" deliberate plan to use the Star wars program to speed up the demise of Soviet communism - just beggars belief. That you think Star Wars was a good thing in itself is a subject for another thread, but irrespective of that, you honestly believe this former actor was the genius behind the plan - assuming this was the plan?
I realise a great many in America - perhaps the majority - will share your sentiments that he represents one of your "greatest presidents". The obvious response to that is to never underestimate the effectiveness of state actors, of perpetuating some great sweeping
myth to get people to worship their leader - or at least airbrush out that which doesn't accord with his folksy teflon veneer. Reagan (or as I would view it, the Reagan administration) wasn't all bad, but one of your greatest? I just hope you meant to add
"....of the last 5 serving presidents".