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The End of the Reagan Era?

TunTavern Wrote: Jan 22, 2013 8:41 PM
As governor of California, Reagan signed the most liberal abortion law the nation had seen until that point. As president, he granted amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. Though known as a tax cutter, he raised taxes more often then he cut them. He put more land under federal protection than any president before him. And he was the first president to mention carbon emissions and their possible effect on the environment. He was "green" before green was cool. Sure, the right has built this myth around Reagan--but the actual man was quite different than how the right markets him and how the left demonizes him. I encourage everyone to read up on Reagan, rather than buy into the spin on him.
Fiveseven Wrote: Jan 22, 2013 11:58 PM
Those tax hikes were championed by the Democrats. Reagan had to agree to them as a compromise.
Ronald484 Wrote: Jan 22, 2013 9:16 PM
Reagan was not what would be considered the perfect conservative, but he was a conservative. He did not hide his positions to get elected, as Obama has done, and he was nowhere near being a progressive or liberal, no matter how much you want to twist facts to make it appear so.


