That honestly might have had something to do with it, but democrats would have kicked him to the curb when he mocked a disabled reporter and bragged about sexually assaulting women..
Jesus said right wingers categorically arenāt Christian and they still havenāt figured that out thousands of years later. Theyāre pretty sloooooow on the uptake.
I'm 76. When I was four years old, President Eisenhower began giving financial support to Vietnam, though military came after his presidency. To be fair, we have Kennedy and Johnson to blame for the worst of it. Modern times? All Republicans do is start stupid wars and wreck the economy.
Eisenhower and his newly minted CIA is the reason Iran is a shit show. Along with any number of other problems. Especially from Central and South America.
If you were older you could include Bush Sr. for Iraq 1.0 and Reagan for installing radicals in Afghanistan. If you expand it to all of Asia you can include Nixon for his illegal war in Cambodia.
Kissinger was never the Commander-in-Chief of the United States military. While he was manipulating political aspects pushing howards the war, ultimately Nixon was the one that sent the troops.
Trickle down didn't so much fail as it was never meant to succeed. It was meant to be a conservative sound bite to get the masses to go along with the tax cut for the wealthy. It did what it was designed to do, which was to have conservatives spread the lie of trickle down.
It's because 'trickle down' makes it sound more like a natural phenomenon. They teach us that capitalism is basically the natural order of things.
Capital rains down from the heavens; the most blessed Job Creators are able to capture that capital and use it to build Wealth; If we, the lowly serfs, are faithful and productive, the Job Creators will provide. They owe us nothing, of course, as they are Self Made. We owe them our eternal gratitude for the privilege of existing.
Reagan didn't start the war in the middle east. Granada Iran Contra but Iran Iraq were fighting. All other bad domestic policies mentioned are correct. Let's not forget allowing the Fairness Doctrine to expire.
That too. The folks in the mountains of Afghanistan are goat farmers. That is not to say there is anything wrong with subsistence farming. It is as valid a way of life as any other. They have been living this way, however, since before the days of Alexander. Our interference isn't really wanted or needed. They will take the benefits of us rolling in with big piles of cash, but they don't really see the need to change their way of life by much and don't really want to as a result. Honestly, who are we to tell them that they need Western-style democracy and conveniences?
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u/PretendingImNotAnApe 23h ago
They pretended this guy was a holy saint he literally taxed your social security. To give himself a tax cut.