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==About== | ==About== | ||
| − | [[Ronald Reagan]] was the 40th president of the {{USA}}.{{seed}}Many people see his administration as being the beginning of the [[Bush neoconservative|latter-day neoconservative]] takeover of the US government which segued smoothly into [[George H.W. Bush]]'s presidency, was interrupted only slightly (with much empty scandal stirred up by unhappy neocons hoping to knock the reins of power back into the right hands) by the presidency of [[Bill Clinton]], and subsequently rekindled during the evangelistic, | + | [[Ronald Reagan]] was the 40th president of the {{USA}}.{{seed}}Many people see his administration as being the beginning of the [[Bush neoconservative|latter-day neoconservative]] takeover of the US government which segued smoothly into [[George H.W. Bush]]'s presidency, was interrupted only slightly (with much empty scandal stirred up by unhappy neocons hoping to knock the reins of power back into the right hands) by the presidency of [[Bill Clinton]], and subsequently rekindled during the evangelistic, opaque administration of [[George W. Bush]]. |
| + | ==Acts== | ||
| + | ''sources needed (copied from [https://plus.google.com/u/0/113630203692968581887/posts/dxzWVHjzZBt meme]):'' | ||
| + | * signed the [[Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982]], resulting in the largest peacetime tax increase in American history | ||
| + | * granted amnesty to nearly 3 million undocumented immigrants | ||
| + | * signed the [[Therapeutic Abortion Bill]] in California in 1967, 6 years before [[Roe v Wade]] | ||
| + | * tripled the national debt | ||
| + | * negotiated with [[terrorist]]s twice: | ||
| + | ** traded arms for hostages with [[Iran]] | ||
| + | ** [[Iran Contra scandal]] | ||
| + | * cut and run from Lebanon | ||
==Quotes About== | ==Quotes About== | ||
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