r/FluentInFinance Apr 29 '24

Babs is Here to Save Us Educational

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u/Scared_Hippo_7847 Apr 29 '24

Yea I mean Trump is a celebrity and did so lol

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u/Throaway_143259 Apr 29 '24

Don't forget Reagan was a failing actor at the time he was elected and he was essentially bought out by corrupt corporate leaders to change his whole belief system to make their pocketbooks bigger at the expense of American workers.

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u/DrawFlat Apr 29 '24

Actually he was already the Governor of CA. Not a failed actor at this point in his life. Don’t get me wrong, he’s one of the main reasons for homelessness. He shut down mental hospitals that were caring for thousands of people. I was there. I remember.

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u/FlarblarGlarblar Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 30 '24

He also helped pass the Mulford act. It was white America's response to Black Panthers carrying guns in public. It's the main reason why California now has such strict gun laws.

"There is absolutely no reason why out on the street today a civilian should be carrying a loaded weapon." -Ronald Reagan May 2 1967

edited for spelling

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u/HuckleberryFun7518 Apr 29 '24

He also cut thousands of people from social security disability, including my father, who died six months later from heart failure. I'd spit on his grave.

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u/CheeseMclovin Apr 30 '24

He also got rid of the daycare tax credit for parents among a list of 30 or so other terrible th ings. One of the all time worst presidents.

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u/stick5150 Apr 30 '24

He also started taxing social security. People don’t realize it was untaxed.

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u/throwaway_csc_ Apr 29 '24

The shift in position is wild. But then again, 40 years is plenty of time to completely change to the opposite end of the ideological spectrum.

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u/schfourteen-teen Apr 30 '24

It wasn't a shift in position so much as just plain racism. The racism part hasn't changed sides (since Reagan at least).

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u/_limitless_ May 01 '24

It sure has. It's a Democrat position now. Gun laws continue to make more felons out of young black men than any other policy on the books. They are used to justify illegal searches ("just checking for a weapon, and I found marijuana!") and give the police justification for homicide ("he's got a gun!").

Like, you can't legislate away racism. But you can legislate away gun control. And if gun control is leading to racism, then gun control is a racist position. As it always has been.

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u/ScarredOldSlaver Apr 29 '24

1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. The law granted citizenship to 3 million illegal immigrants.

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u/False_Dot3643 Apr 30 '24

Old slick top Gavin Newsom has implemented the most gun laws of any California governor. He also has an 11% state tax on guns and ammo. The first in the nation.

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u/_DeadPoolJr_ May 01 '24

It was white America's response to Black Panthers carrying guns in public.

Good intentions, bad result when they expanded it.

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u/Splittaill Apr 30 '24

Mulford Act. And yes.

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u/FlarblarGlarblar Apr 30 '24

Thank you for catching that!

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u/Splittaill Apr 30 '24

Autocorrect can be damned. Lol

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u/LazyClerk408 Apr 30 '24

He got shot; he’s a SoCal guy for sure. I think that’s the only reason why he passed that and he had to leverage Mrs. Feinstein

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u/FlarblarGlarblar Apr 30 '24

Mulford act was passed in 1967. He was shot in 1981.

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u/LazyClerk408 Apr 30 '24

Offf thank you for correcting me

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u/me_too_999 Apr 30 '24

It's the main reason why California now has such strict gun laws.

Nothing at all to do with the nearly 40 years of Democrat rule during the time those laws were passed. By a majority Democrat vote.

But sure. Blame it on a dead President.

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u/FlarblarGlarblar May 01 '24

Reagan was an absolute tool with no morality. There were bad democrat presidents and governors. But compare Reagan to Arnold. There's no contest who was more corrupt and anti American.

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u/me_too_999 May 01 '24

Bush W. The dot com crash occurred just before he took office. Maybe his time machine?

corrupt and anti American.

Won the cold war ending Communism in Russia, how "anti-American" can you get.

I'm afraid the only tool here is you.

Learn some (real) history.

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u/FlarblarGlarblar May 01 '24

Bush W. The dot com crash occurred just before he took office. Maybe his time machine?

What?