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In reply to the discussion: Someday it will be crystal clear to all just what a terrible president Ronald Reagan was- [View all]mntleo2
(2,535 posts)He cut support for low-income families and seniors, he charged my generation with Social Security payments that all but doubled. My generation was the only generation who paid for BOTH our parents and ourselves, while most generations paid for their parents.
The constantly raided the SS slush fund to "balance the budgets" when in fact the *only* thing it "balanced" was their wallets.
I was not surprised when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. He was sounding kind of bizarre the last couple years or so. I also heard from my relatives in CA that he was a real SOB as a governor too.
So I cannot understand why these nimrods thought he was so great. He was not a good president. They did not call the budget that killed so many good programs "Reaganomics" for nuttin'.
He and all his admirers were nothing but citizen hating tools.
Cat in Seattle