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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> 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> 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>


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

Latest revision as of 14:05, 2 July 2024

Ronald Reagan
BornFebruary 6, 1911
Tampico, Illinois, United States
DiedJune 5, 2004
Los Angeles, California, United States
Political orientationAnti-communism
Homophobia
Neoliberalism
White supremacy
Imperialism
Political partyRepublican Party


Ronald Reagan was a neoliberal U.S. politician and the President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

Domestic policy[edit | edit source]

Reagan cut taxes for the rich and increased income inequality.[1] 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.[2] In 1981, Reagan fired over 11,000 PATCO union air traffic controllers who were striking to demand fairer working conditions.[3] He also arrested the PATCO union leaders. To this day, union busting businesses draw inspiration from Reagan’s actions at the time.[3] In addition to union busting, Reagan cut subsidized housing by more than 80% and said that homeless people were homeless by choice.[4]

Foreign policy[edit | edit source]

Reagan funded death squads in El Salvador and Guatemala that committed genocide against indigenous peoples, as well as the far-right Contras in Nicaragua.[5]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Margaret Kimberley (2011-02-09). "Freedom Rider: Ronald Reagan’s Demons" Black Agenda Report. Archived from the original on 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  2. Gloria La Riva (2016-03-13). "La Riva on Clinton, Reagans and AIDS: “Clinton just re-wrote history”" Liberation News. Archived from the original on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  3. 3.0 3.1 More Perfect Union (02-16-2024). "This Is The Most Stressful Job In The World". YouTube.
  4. "Homelessness and the Reagan legacy" (2013-02-01). Liberation News. Archived from the original on 2022-07-15. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  5. "The Real Reagan" (2011-06-22). Red Phoenix. Archived from the original on 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2022-08-21.