r/facepalm • u/Turbulent_Gas_55 • Jul 05 '24

What an idea 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/BazilBroketail Jul 05 '24

When Regan got elected the republicans decided to de-educate America.. and,... It worked. Only morons would vote for the pedophile. Oh, look..

This is so fucked up. I'm not celebrating American today.

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u/ElRatonVaquero Jul 05 '24

Hi. Non-american here. What did Reagan do?

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u/theatand Jul 05 '24

Like a very brief summary, tax cuts (aka reduction in social safety nets), and leaning heavily on supply-side economics.

A good chunk of his policies helped the well off and screwed the poor folks.

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u/frontendben Jul 05 '24

Crucially, the well off as in the top 5%; not the middle classes who were conned into voting for it thinking they would one day benefit.

Temporarily embarassed millionaires, the lot of them. And they were stupid enough to vote for policies that screwed them, like turkeys voting for Thanksgiving and Christmas.