iago303 t1_j9ah81y wrote on February 20, 2023 at 2:28 PM

Reply to comment by KindAwareness3073 in Naval Academy Renames Building After Jimmy Carter by langis_on

If and if that's a big if Reagan hadn't been allowed to break up the union and had negotiated in good faith,we wouldn't have all of these derailments but because of his short-sightedness and wanted to be perceived as a strong leader the country took it's first steps towards the mess that we have today

KindAwareness3073 t1_j9akxju wrote on February 20, 2023 at 2:56 PM

It wasn't about looking strong, it was furthering the GOP goal of reducing American workers to poverty wages. That's what 40 years of stagnant wages have done. Combined with inflation the middle class has been gutted. Reagan put us on the road to a nation of haves and have nots, a giant banana republic.