The worst thing Ronald Reagan ever did to this country

[Sandpiper]

By a country mile, the worst thing Ronald Reagan did to this country as President was nominating Fat Tony Scalia to the Supreme Court.

Ronald Reagan gave us the author of the Bush v. Gore opinion.

This creepy little fascist will continue to shape our laws with his lies and illogic for decades to come.

[wryter2000]

1. You could be right about that

And he tried to appoint Robert Bork. :scared:

[fdr_hst_fan]

2. Not only that-

he made Rehnquist Chief Justice. Supreme Court justices should not be appointed on the basis of friendship w/the prez or ideological kinship; rather, it should be by how fairly he interprets the law.

[lanparty]

7. Chief justice nomination ....

I don't believe that the Prez should nominate which justice is "chief". He should just appoint justices.

The justices themselves should elect who amongst them should be "chief". Either that, or the federal justices should elect the "chief".

[Trajan]

3. I can think of three other reasons ...

1) He cut funding for public mental health facilities and treatment, leaing to a catastrophic problem of homelessness and dislocation for those who were not able to cope with such a change ..

2) He cut CETA funding 3 weeks after taking office: CETA (Comprehensive Education and Traing Act) was a wonderful program to promote and pay for vocational schooling for lower income families ...

I am a CETA graduate ....

3) He ignored AIDS his entire time in office ...

[catzies]

5. I am a CETA graduate too.

It made my life as I know it possible. I would not be where I am today if it hadn't been for CETA.

[Trajan]

11. Same here ...

I was on the WRONG track before going to that school ...

Chuckles ... honestly: Im glad Im still alive to say that: many of my old friends arent ...

Neither did they enjoy a good paying job that paid LOTS of great wages and generated LOTS of tax revenues and bought LOTS of 'stuff' that made the economy grow and helped EVERYONE become more wealthy : Rich and Poor alike ...

Demand Side WORKS ....

SUPPLY Side is a sad lie ...

They hate the poor: funny thing is: they try to make more of them ...

[depakid]

4. He was born n/t

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. The War on Drugs

Before Ronnie's little war on drugs, marijuana was the drug of choice in the ghetto. At the time, I was doing home visits in places like Liberty City and Overtown. Since we always wore lab jackets and traveled in pairs, no one ever bothered or threatened us. All that changed almost over night. Within two years, we could no longer go to most places without an armed guard.

Ronnie had the Coast Guard go after the big freighters that would anchor off of Florida bringing in bales of pot. They were big fat easy targets for the crack down.

At the same time, a new product hit the streets called crack cocaine. Up until this time cocaine was a very expensive drug. Then the price crashed because all the drug dealers switched from pot to cocaine which had become much easier to smuggle.

So thanks to Ronnie's bogus war, you couldn't find a damn joint to save your life, but you could have all the rock you ever dreamed off.

It destroyed an entire community.

[lanparty]

8. Home grown weed!!!!!

Yep, we shouldn't have to smuggle any of it. Weed makes people happy & mellow. It's no worse than alcohol that makes people VIOLENT and depressed!!!!

Legalize Marijauna ... the ANTI-ALCOHOL!!!!

[mopaul]

9. he proved any jerk can be president

and scalia of course. he was the anti-hippie man, made us feel good about being white supremicists again. his tenure saw a hard right turn for the nation that hasn't stopped yet.

[wurzel]

10. Destroying the unions was far worse. n/t

[Cleita]

12. I guess all those people who were made homeless by his

policies didn't suffer, nor all the people who died of AIDS because he ignored it don't count as being awful in your book.

[noiretextatique]

13. he was as bad a bush, worse i think

which is why i :puke: when people get all warm and fuzzy about "respecting the office of the president."
his legacy: appealing to ugly americanism, and making it seem like a virtue. the effects were felt here and abroad.

[Deja Q]

14. Be born?

:shrug: