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Reagan the Actor had very different politics than Reagan the Candidate. Check out his stump speech for Truman[1]. Quick highlight quote: “Remember that promis
by trafficante 3y ago
Reagan the Actor had very different politics than Reagan the Candidate.
Check out his stump speech for Truman[1]. Quick highlight quote:
“Remember that promise: a real increase in income for everybody. But what actually happened? The profits of corporations have doubled, while workers wages have increased by only one-quarter. In other words, profits have gone up four times as much as wages, and the small increase workers did receive was was more than eaten up by rising prices, which have also bored into their savings” - Somehow Ronald Reagan
[1]https://youtu.be/uJDhS4oUm0M https://youtu.be/uJDhS4oUm0M
- jvmfjvfjvf 3y agoSo he got smarter on economics as he aged like most people? His economics advisors were at the top of their fields, including Nobel laureates. It is not highly shocking that he changed his views.
- etrautmann 3y agoAh yes, brilliance which has trickled down all over us for decades now.
- kjghkjghkjgh 3y agoIt has actually if you understood economics.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoa bunch of random letter accounts with <6 month histories advocating for right-wing approaches. come-on man, at least try to shill more effectively. this is almost insulting.
- satvikpendem 3y agoIt's almost as if people will advocate for their own interests, and if their interests change, so too does their advocacy. As the SAG leader, he would obviously advocate for more money for himself and his fellow actors, saying whatever rhetoric he needed to, and when he was president, he would similar advocate for whatever keeps him further in office.