Board index › Topical Discussion › Politics, Philosophy, and Religion

Ronald Reagan: Hero? or Villain?

Page 16 of 17 [ 257 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1 ... 13, 14, 15, 16, 17  Next

Previous topic | Next topic

Ronald Reagan was a:
Hero! 25%  25%  [ 14 ]
Villain! 53%  53%  [ 29 ]
Meh, I don't know. Just show the results. 22%  22%  [ 12 ]
Total votes : 55

xenon13
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 13 Dec 2008
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,638

21 Jun 2012, 6:24 pm

The economy did better under Carter than under Reagan. The problems under Carter was the inflation that began to be a problem under Nixon so the decision was made by Fed chairman Paul Volcker to cause a recession through monetary policy. There were two recessions created back to back under this policy ending in 1983. These recessions were artifically induced. What exists now is more akin to the Great Depression with debt deflation following a deregulated "laissez-faire" free market casino period, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover's in the 1920s and George W. Bush's in the 2000s.



over9000
Sea Gull
Sea Gull

User avatar

Joined: 8 Aug 2011
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Posts: 214

25 Jun 2012, 1:14 pm

minervx wrote:

I don't think he's a villain, but I wouldn't call him a hero. The Republicans want to call him a hardcore conservative who never broke principle. The Democrats want to call him a radical right-wing reactionary who had no sense of compromise. In the end, he was neither of these things, but rather just a human being with strengths and weaknesses.


Yes, he was a human being with imperfections. But Mary Sues don't really exist in real life. I would consider Reagan to be a hero.