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'''Ronald Reagan''' was a neoliberal U.S. politician and the President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. | '''Ronald Reagan''' was a neoliberal U.S. politician and the President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. | ||
== | ==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> 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 == | |||
Reagan funded death squads in [[Republic of El Salvador|El Salvador]] and [[Republic of Guatemala|Guatemala]] that committed genocide against indigenous peoples, as well as the far-right [[Contras]] in [[Republic of Nicaragua|Nicaragua]].<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Red Phoenix]]|title=The Real Reagan|date=2011-06-22|url=https://theredphoenixapl.org/2011/06/22/the-real-reagan/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126023731/https://theredphoenixapl.org/2011/06/22/the-real-reagan/|archive-date=2021-01-26|retrieved=2022-08-21}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 15:47, 21 August 2022
Ronald Reagan | |
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| Born | February 6, 1911 Tampico, Illinois, United States |
| Died | June 5, 2004 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Political orientation | Anti-communism Homophobia Neoliberalism White supremacy |
Ronald Reagan was a neoliberal U.S. politician and the President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
Domestic policy
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] Reagan cut subsidized housing by more than 80% and said that homeless people were homeless by choice.[3]
Foreign policy
Reagan funded death squads in El Salvador and Guatemala that committed genocide against indigenous peoples, as well as the far-right Contras in Nicaragua.[4]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Homelessness and the Reagan legacy" (2013-02-01). Liberation News. Archived from the original on 2022-07-15. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ↑ "The Real Reagan" (2011-06-22). Red Phoenix. Archived from the original on 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2022-08-21.