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In reply to the discussion: An encounter with a Trump supporter [View all]walkingman
(7,612 posts)Little did his Democratic backers know what was about to occur. We were a union workforce and I saw about a third of the members support Reagan, some even in the union leadership. I still blame Reagan for the almost complete destruction of unions in America and along with the demise of pensions. his "Southern Strategy" (unadulterated racism) which basically changed the entire South to Republican. His trickle-down economics because the backbone of GOP economics and still is alive and well today (never worked) and the hypocrisy of his "War on Drugs", all the while subverting Congress with the Iran/Contra plan that gave a green light to the drug cartels.
And yet, even after all of that he remains the unquestionable GOP god who started the downfall of the middle class in America. I wouldn't say it has gotten a lot worse but definitely a lit more "in your face".
Fuck Reagan.