We thought, in light of all the Reagan-worshiping allegedly former Republicans we see on our TVs, that we'd take a closer look at some of the conservative values Ronald Reagan was meant to embody. (We're sure you have a few of your own.)
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, RESPECT FOR THE LAW :
SUSIE: The Iran-contra affair: Reagan promised to a help anti-Communist insurgencies around the globe, but in the 1982 mid-term elections, Republicans lost control of the House and the Senate. The Democrats promptly passed the Boland Amendment, which restricted the CIA and Department of Defense from in foreign conflicts.
The Reagan administration decided they would essentially ignore it, and the rest is history. Several members of the administration did go to jail, but St Reagan got away with it.
HOMELESS PEOPLE AND THE END OF MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES
JOHN: Ronald Reagan couldn't have cared less about the homeless, in spite of the high rate of mental illness among them. He chose instead to push for, and eventually end, all federal funding for mental health services, just the way he did in California.
THE DEMISE OF THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE
KAROLI: The reason Fox News exists today in all its malevolence is because Reagan made sure the Fairness Doctrine would end as a way to make sure political voices were ALL heard. A generation of voters has now been exposed to one point of view, dishonest and greedy.
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