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BaronChocula

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17. Reagan is called transformational

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 03:04 PM

Yesterday

as if it's a good thing. He blamed a welfare queen (black women) for stealing hardworking (white) people's money through the taxes they paid. He used that hatred to cut taxes for rich people and services for everyone else. And now no one wants to pay for anything. Forty-five years after Reagan we're cutting science and research. What a great transformation!

Check out how the tax rate for the highest bracket has dropped over time.
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=jm6o

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