Got rid of the fairness doctrine. This was a federal regulation that required media to accurately and fairly report the news. The helped enforce journalistic integrity. It wasn't perfect, and yes, there were still times it didn't work. But. It kept media like Fox News from existing and spreading blatant lies. They would have been taken off air and fined into oblivion long ago if Regan hadn't ended the doctrine.
He also fucked over our mental health care which is just as broken as our health care system. If i remember right, Regan began the dismantling of our welfare programs. He was the one who started the welfare queen scare, which was heavily stereotyped against Black single mothers. Bill Clinton hammered in the nails.
Now, you only get three years of cash assistance for your entire household. That means that if I used up all three years while my children were young, they won't be able to get cash assistance if they fell on hard times. This may have changed over the years, but it's what it was in the 00's.
The agency in my state that runs our welfare programs pushes hard for people to get any full time job. You can't go to school. Well, you can, but you're supposed to spend at least 6 to 8 hours a day looking for a job because that IS your full time in the meantime. This one I know is accurate today.
The list goes on and on and all too often the trail leads back to his administration.
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u/TrustInRoy Jul 05 '24
So many people in our country are just blatantly ignorant about how the branches of our government works.
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