Friday, January 30, 2009

Evaluating the Reagan era

It's been a while since St. Ronny was elected in 1980 and the conservatives used that opportunity to really begin what they called "the Reagan Revolution." It was revolutionary, and it has had a long run dominating American national politics, but the banking crisis last Fall led Forbes magazine to declare "R.I.P. the Reagan Revolution. The announcement that the Recession started in December 2006 was the final nail in the Reagan Revolution's coffin.

Now it is time to evaluate the effects of the Reagan Revolution. Sam Pizzigati at uture.org/blog-entry/2009010205/final-report-card-reagan-years">Campaign for America's Future has done a good job at doing that.

Go read it at the link.

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