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==Domestic policy==
==Domestic policy==
Reagan cut taxes for the rich and increased income inequality.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Margaret Kimberley|newspaper=[[Black Agenda Report]]|title=Freedom Rider: Ronald Reagan’s Demons|date=2011-02-09|url=https://blackagendareport.com/content/freedom-rider-ronald-reagan%E2%80%99s-demons|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107143529/https://blackagendareport.com/content/freedom-rider-ronald-reagan%E2%80%99s-demons|archive-date=2022-01-07|retrieved=2022-08-21}}</ref> He blamed the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s on gay people instead of trying to eradicate the disease. His policies caused thousands of needless deaths.<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[Gloria La Riva]]|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=La Riva on Clinton, Reagans and AIDS: “Clinton just re-wrote history”|date=2016-03-13|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/la-riva-clinton-reagans-aids-clinton-just-re-wrote-history/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111145928/https://www.liberationnews.org/la-riva-clinton-reagans-aids-clinton-just-re-wrote-history/|archive-date=2020-01-11|retrieved=2022-08-21}}</ref> In 1981, Reagan fired over 11,000 PATCO union air traffic controllers who were striking to demand fairer working conditions.<ref name=":0">{{Video citation|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GyN67qAqfww|channel=More Perfect Union|title=This Is The Most Stressful Job In The World|date=02-16-2024}}</ref> He also arrested the PATCO union leaders. To this day, union busting businesses draw inspiration from Reagan’s actions at the time.<ref name=":0" /> In addition to union busting, Reagan cut subsidized housing by more than 80% and said that homeless people were homeless by choice.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Liberation News|title=Homelessness and the Reagan legacy|date=2013-02-01|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/homelessness-and-the-reagan-legacy-html/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715232400/https://www.liberationnews.org/homelessness-and-the-reagan-legacy-html/|archive-date=2022-07-15|retrieved=2022-08-21}}</ref>
Reagan cut taxes for the rich and increased income inequality.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Margaret Kimberley|newspaper=[[Black Agenda Report]]|title=Freedom Rider: Ronald Reagan’s Demons|date=2011-02-09|url=https://blackagendareport.com/content/freedom-rider-ronald-reagan%E2%80%99s-demons|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107143529/https://blackagendareport.com/content/freedom-rider-ronald-reagan%E2%80%99s-demons|archive-date=2022-01-07|retrieved=2022-08-21}}</ref> He blamed the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s on gay people instead of trying to eradicate the disease. His policies caused thousands of needless deaths.<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[Gloria La Riva]]|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=La Riva on Clinton, Reagans and AIDS: “Clinton just re-wrote history”|date=2016-03-13|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/la-riva-clinton-reagans-aids-clinton-just-re-wrote-history/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111145928/https://www.liberationnews.org/la-riva-clinton-reagans-aids-clinton-just-re-wrote-history/|archive-date=2020-01-11|retrieved=2022-08-21}}</ref> Reagan cut subsidized housing by more than 80% and said that homeless people were homeless by choice.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Liberation News|title=Homelessness and the Reagan legacy|date=2013-02-01|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/homelessness-and-the-reagan-legacy-html/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715232400/https://www.liberationnews.org/homelessness-and-the-reagan-legacy-html/|archive-date=2022-07-15|retrieved=2022-08-21}}</ref>


== Foreign policy ==
== Foreign policy ==
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