Reagan on Employee Ownership (Project Economic Justice)

[mamadoenut]

what a natural leader, so presidential.

[ourearthhome]

He talks the talk but it is interesting to note that the percentage of what is owned by the top 10 or 20% of people went up significantly during his presidency. No one seems to be able to explain why there is such a disparity of wealth on the planet. Some of us think it has something to do with the fact that a small percent of us claim to "own" most of the valuable parts of the planet (land under cities, natural resources) and have the right to charge the rest of us access to it.

[dishdog215]

its also interesting to note, that the USA has by far, the greatest distribution of wealth, the largest and wealthiest middle class, the smallest # of poor, and that the 28 years since he was elected, was the greatest economic upswing, creating the most powerful and wealthy nation in the history of mankind

[chancunt]

@dishdog215 reagan is by my far favourite republican. i love his witty, anti-communist rhetoric. but he US actually doesnt have the greatest distribution of wealth, its number of poor are slowly, but most steadily rising, and china is slowly, but again most steadily catching up to the US econimcally. reagan was great for america externally, and i believe he ended the cold war, but he was no where as good for american internally.