Speed It Up

A little background on Don Regan, former Merrill Lynch CEO, White House Chief of Staff and advocate of Reaganomics

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[cliberg]

RR -- the most overrated president in US history, by far.

[drbayoms]

@AZASN8SHUN

Well said. Presidents are CEO's. The company is AMERICA Inc. The board members are big business, big oil, big agriculture, big pharmaceutical, defense contracting, etc. Whether Dem/Repub, Senators and Representatives act as the "voice" for the board. The CEO is chosen by the board, not the "small scale share holders" (ie American voters).

If you are not on the "Board", you have very little (if any) power. The US is run just like a Fortune 500 company. And I don't own stocks : > (

[reno1917]

We the american people were played like a fiddle by useless blokes such as regan and the like. Supply side economics my ass! it does not work people we need to start manufacturing things again. Rich people create jobs my fucking foot no they do not not! they take our money and stuff in their pockets and ship it to china and india. We were lied to! we used to be the most egalitarian nation on earth now we are a nation of cashiers,clerks, and maids we need to take our country back Ron Paul 2012!

[reno1917]

Remember when don regan always used to talk about the reason the U.S. economy went into a slump in the 80's was because of all those welfare queens driving cadillacs and living large. Well I have news for him with all the tax breaks, tax loopholes and subsidies the government hands out to the rich and corporations today, they are now the new welfare queens and we the american people are paying for these bastards welfare checks. Fuck trickle down economics what a lie that turned out to be.

[reno1917]

You know what really pisses me off is that no one ever really talks about this regan cat and the days of merrill lynch taking over the government like goldman sachs has today. It's like donny never even exsisted and I say fuck that. This reagn kid is the main cause for the destruction of the middle class over thirty plus years, everything from the massive tax cuts he pushed for and got! to the obliteration of all unions to manufacturing being destroyed you name it fuck this guy what a joke!!

[JedediahStryke]

Speaking of Reagan and "Reaganomics", check out this graph:

billmoyersDOTcom/static/winner­-take-all-infographic/chart.pn­g (replace DOT with a period)

[therevepigee]

@cliberg most overrated.. I agree 100%. I hope Bush will live up to his name as the "worst president in history" and not be regarded as great like Regan was.

[royaladam]

@blasterskv

Dont forget about Arnold Schwarznegger who also was a republican who ran for governor.

[wayancadua1]

@OffTheGlass87 "The dude had alzheimer's"

That alone should scare the shit out of you. That a smart guy like you didn't "think" of that is freaking scary. And I am no lib so don't even bother.

Wake the fuck up...

Check out what Ron Paul has to say about Reagan...

[OffTheGlass87]

That was his Chief of Staff at the time. His right hand man. Reagan was suffering from Alzheimer's at the time, there was a time limit or something. Maybe they had to go somewhere. The dude had alzheimer's, like Keyshawn says.......CMON MAN!

I don't get what the big deal is, really. There is a reason that he is standing 6 inches from Reagan. He wasn't a bodyguard, he was helping him out. Jeeeez, liberals are liberals because they don't think. Just like in this case. Sup Adam Ganesh

[blasterskv]

how in normal country can an ACTOR be a PRESIDENT? HOW??

oh wait.... it's usa... so it's NOT a normal state... :p

[retrogradeorbit]

@kn9ioutom I would say that Nixon started it by terminating Bretton Woods in 71. Search for "Nixon Shock"