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In reply to the discussion: For anyone old enough to remember, how did Reagan do as CA governor and as president? [View all]Hekate
(90,681 posts)88. My late MIL was a state psychologist who never forgave him for that
Governor Reagan closed the state mental hospital system. The theory was that mental illness could now be treated with drugs, and the patients could be sent to a network of halfway houses within communities. It was supposed to save a ton of money.
The biggest problem with that notion was that the system of halfway houses was never properly implemented nor were they properly funded.
The explosion of homeless mentally ill in California dates from that time. Really -- there were few beggars on the streets before then, and now they are a Third World-like presence to this day.
I was also a college student in California while he was governor. I was aghast when he ran for president and won.
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For anyone old enough to remember, how did Reagan do as CA governor and as president? [View all]
Jamaal510
Dec 2012
OP
I remember coming back to USA during his reign of terror and being shocked to step over homeless
MADem
Dec 2012
#74
He slept for 5 years during the start of AIDS. Millions died because of his apathy toward it
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#4
He raised taxes drastically on everybody except the rich as President.
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#96
he was a doddering old man on the verge of dementia and obsessed with the cold war....
mike_c
Dec 2012
#7
the soviet obsession with Afghanistan helped break the Russian will, and coincidentally their bank
oldhippydude
Dec 2012
#33
Mafia-enabled NAZI rapist who advocated euthanasia for the poor and working classes.
Octafish
Dec 2012
#81
Stanford was always a private university, but the state college system was, before reagan
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#27
You could go to BERKELEY or UCLA for free or any other state university for free
Lydia Leftcoast
Dec 2012
#28
State colleges charged tuition during that period - albeit less then $20 a semester
Brother Buzz
Dec 2012
#70
Actually, nobody went for "free". But taxes subsidized one of the best state university systems
LuckyLib
Dec 2012
#32
"We begin bombing in five minutes" (Reagan radio broadcast 11 Aug 1984)
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#14
Remembering Reagan's Record on Civil Rights and the South African Freedom Struggle
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#19
reagan was an asshole...he stood on stage during campaigning and pointed at young veterans....
Tikki
Dec 2012
#21
"Reagan Was the Butcher of My People:" Fr. Miguel D’Escoto Speaks From Nicaragua
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#24
I remember him as president and I hated him almost as much as George W. Bush. n/t
RebelOne
Dec 2012
#25
Embarrassed Republicans Admit They've Been Thinking Of Eisenhower Whole Time They've Been Praising
smokey nj
Dec 2012
#29
Nancy and the Republicans have worked full time to burnish RR's reputation. He was practically
LuckyLib
Dec 2012
#36
"... Savings-and-loan deregulation was another Reagan initiative, spearheaded by a task force led by
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#49
Philadelphia, Mississippi. He began his campaign here where Cheney, Schwerner and Goodman
byeya
Dec 2012
#67
wikipedia has a good summary. the main thing i remember, being young myself, was his
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#71
Only had to hide his eggs once. And his old bag of a wife started buying up china as soon as she
lonestarnot
Dec 2012
#80
He was a B list actor who could read a script. That's the best I can say about him.
Major Nikon
Dec 2012
#94