Gazzara5 that’s fair in Hilary’s case. I’m not a huge fan of the Dems and I actually agree with the Republicans on some issues but seriously, what the hell has happened to them? Teabaggers, Donald Trump. Do the GOP really stand for anything anymore? Some of the PC crap the Democrats carry on with is annoying but in terms of policy they still seem to be on this planet.
Gazzara5 Everything he said was accurate. What was inaccurate? Typical conservative response. Say something with no factual basis to back it up. Reagan did exactly all of those things Maher mentioned. And you’re the one deluded about Obama and Clinton. Another typical conservative cry. Obama was scandal free and your ilk has never gotten anything on the Clintons (except some consensual sex- something that’s evidently OK for the serial sexual assaulter your side voted for), even after 30 years of them being scrutinized more than any two people in American history.
"Worst of all, Reagan inspired a whole generation of people who hate government to get into government." 👍 There's a direct line from Reagan to Trump, and look what it's costing us now.
Lol you are a young one aren’t you? That is propaganda. Don’t you know about “yuppies?” They were followers. They loved the government. However, the press has given us reason to hate the government. The government hates us. Biden is a joke.
The deviation started a bit sooner than that. Nixon, the “paranoid moral dwarf” (says G. Carlin) started a continuous pattern of bad Republican presidents that continues to this day. Look up Eisenhower’s party platform. He was the original Antifa, army general fighting Hitler, who was a compassionate conservative before the phrase was coined. Eisenhower’s positions look similar to Biden’s. Since him, Nixon, Ford (unelected college football player), Reagan, Bush, Bush again, & Trump. Worthless bunch.
@@fshoaps To be fair, Barry Goldwater wouldn't have approved of the modern day Evangelicals and their Project 2025 Mandate of Leadership. He even warned against allowing the Evangelicals to take power over the Republican Party.
I used to work as a teacher for a federally funded organization called Advocates for Women which provided Technical training to low or no income women so they could earn decent wages. Reagan killed that program.
@showlogicprod My friend you're wasting your breath trying to give absolute and accurate facts because as of orange dip-shit's presidency in 2016 these teabaggers have gone full 'Jim Jones, I drink the Koolaide twice' CULT!!! : - \
Me too..but I wrote it out anyway! Funny, nothing on the internet mentions that the contras were trading cocaine to the Iranians for guns. The web says the guns were coming from America. In “Endless Summer II” they surfed at “Ollie’s Bay” where the guns and cocaine were exchanged. They said everyone knew except the American public. Now the Republicans have scrubbed the internet of any mention of the cocaine.
I couldn't agree more. I have been saying for a long time now that there are two different Americas, the one before Reagon, and the one after. America was a great country before him, and has gone down hill since.
Sadly I was born right into this, so anything that came before Reagan got into power was before my time. However, the America that was before him almost looks like a Walt Disney fantasy at this point. If you watch old ads on TH-cam here from the 1950s to the 1970s, they paint a different picture. Also, most of the Baby Boomers I've spoken to personally have all told me they had jobs that guaranteed them a wife/husband with two kids, and an affordable mid size home. With little to no college. Today you need a Master's Degree and at least one or two others with you to even afford a home these days. And with the economy on the brink of collapse due to high gas prices and oil, I feel owning a home just isn't worth the stress.
love how Reagan's first job was lifeguarding at a Roosevelt built WPA swimming pool built by the federal government for his impoverished town couldn't build their own
+xFirebird925x Yeah look at the water crisis down there in west south america. The private companies going nuts there were mostly launched by Maggie and Ronnie.
Whenever my grandpa saw Reagan on the news, he'd snarl and say: "They oughtta let Hinckley out, and this time give him TWO guns!" That's how much gramps hated the man...
I was in my late teens/early 20s in the 80's as well, but my memory of that era differs from yours. The Reagan era was the impetus for deregulation, free trade (a myth in itself), tax-cuts for the wealthy, elevating the military-industrial complex, big spending, and courting the fundie xtians for support and votes. Reagan's own economist, Bruce Bartlett, had this to say about Reaganomics: "It's nonsense. It's just made up. When it comes to creating jobs Republicans have nothing to offer."
More wise words from Pastor Bill! I swear, this man needs to have a church! If he did, I would feel inclined to roll my bass out of bed before 10 on Sunday!
I remember what it actually like under the Reagan years. When everybody and his dog were unemployed in a recession that started under Reagan and seemed to drag on forever, and everyone was afraid that nuclear missiles were going to start raining down on us at any time. Oh, and then there was the S&L crisis, the forerunner to the financial crisis which cost thousands their homes. Reagan wasn't a great President, or even a good one. Don't forget, he left office in disgrace over Iran-Contra.
jigalini Of course, I'm serious. Maybe Mark Twain isn't a good example, but Bill Maher says the unvarnished truth in a skillful and humorous way. I don't always agree with him, but I respect the thought, logic, and pragmatism that goes into his New Rules segment.
My bro is a union electrician that was out of work 6 Christmases in a row during Reagan. He had to travel half way across the country to get work and he lived in Houston which usually has lower unemployment than the rest of the country.
And thanks a hell of a lot Reagan for starting the selective service. I was one of the very first forced to sign up if I was going to continue in college. You were a bad movie actor and a bad president.
One of Reagan's own economists, Bruce Bartlett, had this to say about "trickle-down economics" in regard to low (to no...) taxes for the rich creating plentiful employment for Americans: "It's nonsense. It's just made up. When it comes to creating jobs republicans have nothing to offer."
Bill Maher is great and he was completely correct on everything he said about Reagan. People who know him and watch his show actually are big fans of him. By the way there are many Republicans who want to go on his show. You should hear the applause he got when he talked about Reagan. He makes sense.
Personally, I think that Ronald Reagan was the most overrated, rotten U.S. president that ever lived. His policies did little to help the country. I also think that Reagan was the most dangerous conservative that ever been lived. I am glad that Bill Maher helped clarify that fact pretty well.
Robert Polanco Little to help the country? Reagan was responsible for the largest peacetime expansion in US History. Under him the misery index fell by a huge margin along with poverty and the median household income went up. Not to mention that he ended the Cold War.
When I was a kid, everyone put Ronal Reagan in a pedestal, I really trough that he was a good guy and a good president, now, as adult, I think that it was because indoctrination, never the less, now as adult and research all the things he do like the scandal Iran - Contras and other things, I think that Reagan wasn't so good guy after all.
"To watch the courageous Afghan freedom fighters battle modern arsenals with simple hand-held weapons is an inspiration to those who love freedom. Their courage teaches us a great lesson - that there are things in this world worth defending.” - Ronald Reagan, Mar. 21 1983
I realize he's the left side equivalent of Rush Limbaugh, but I needed to watch this to remind me of where I stand. Wealth inequality will bring this country down and Reagan sure as heck is the leading face of the people behind our ruination.
Mustachos m You liberals don’t know how funny YOU are when you talk about Iran Contra. Iran-Contra was when the Democratic Party loved and adored Russia. 😂😂😂 They wanted to keep Reagan from killing Russian allies and communists in Nicaragua. Which Reagan did by selling overpriced weapons to Iran and using those profits to kill Russian communists in Nicaragua. Reagan got away with it and there was nothing Democrats could do to stop him.
Reagan and both Bush administrations: 20.75 million new jobs Clinton alone: 22.7 million Clinton's best month trumps the entire Bush II presidency on this front. THAT carries weight.
Donald Trump is showing us now exactly why Reagan would still be successful in the Republican Party. Conservatives act like third graders, it doesn't matter what you say as long as you sound tough saying it. Reagan's personality made him a right wing superstar as Trump's is now. Luckily, the demographics have shifted since the 80's. Donald Trump may have turned this election into a reality tv show, but the most polarizing contestant always takes second place. The enemies the he has made outnumber his allies and that only works until they unite under one opponent.
Since January 2009 the country has added a net total of 270,000 full-time jobs, but it has added 1.9 million part-time jobs, according to the House Ways and Means Committee. Washington Times;
Michael Draper... Reagan broke Union's by bringing in Air Traffic controller's to destroy their union strike... it went downhill from there... He eliminated price controls for the Petroleum Industry, putting Millions of Americans out of work! His policies as Governor of California actually BROKE the state's economy... which he then took to the national level and caused the same problem!
@@stephenball4292 California has suffered for longer than a lot of states. Reagan was Governor of California from the late 1960s to the mid 1970s, and by the time he was done he had already done his share of damage to the state.
Yea and he only armed horrible people like Al Qaeda and the rebels that slaughtered people on my moms side of the family in Nicaragua which forced my grandmother to drive all the way to the U.S with my 2 year old mother. Meanwhile, many others of my family, didn't make it. Screw Reagan.
BRAVO! We have become more selfish, hostile and mean spirited, more ignorant and proudly stupid for the last 33 years. And Ronald Reagan laid the ground work for all this, that kindly grandfatherly soft spoken wolf in sheep's clothing. We have turned away from the sprit of one ness that made us great, and the price we pay is increasing income disparity, good paying jobs and benefits a thing of the past, declines in the environment and labor protections, rotten bridges, and empty cities.
I don't agree with everything Bill says here, but I agree with a lot of it. Reaganomics was terrible and led directly to income inequality. But to forget the progress that Reagan made in ending the cold war is extremely short sighted of Bill. Do you really want to go back to the days of nuclear war being a heartbeat away? Reagan also gave great speeches and was perceived to be a leader, even though I didn't agree with very many of Reagan's policies. Sometimes just having a leader as president is more important than having a criminal as president, as we do now.
Reagan's role in the fall of the USSR is vastly overstated. The USSR fell because of internal economic and other issues. Reagan had very little, if anything, to do with it.
@@epbski Reagan put measures in place that devalued Soviet commodities, causing the economic strife you mentioned. Reagan also met with Gorbachev in a series of summits which led to a number of concessions by Gorbachev including the freeing of dissidents, changes to civil rights, and opening up of trade. Once the Soviet people got a taste of some of the products the west enjoyed, there was no going back. Reagan also got Gorbachev to allow the demolition of the Berlin Wall, which while not leading directly to the fall of the Soviet Union, did help thaw Cold War feelings. I think Reagan did a lot more than you want to give him credit for.
@@Dr.TJ1 But a lot of that was based on the decisions of Gorbachev. He certainly could have refused to moderate. In fact, many former Soviets see him as a sell-out. Regardless, the Soviet Union isolated itself from the global economy for decades largely by choice. That is basically never going to work out in the long run. I think it's inaccurate to give Reagan the majority of the credit for the fall of the USSR. If the USSR had reformed and opened up their economy the way China did, maybe things could have been different for them. It's also an example of how China is nothing like the USSR even though some people suggest the West is in a new Cold War with China. That is completely inaccurate and a false analogy. China is not attempting to spread an economic or political ideology. And even if they were, no one would listen because no one is really interested in adopting the Chinese governmental and economic model. Other countries probably wouldn't be able to even if they wanted to. But China is integral to and depends on the global economy; they have no interest in upending it.
@@epbski I didn’t give Reagan the majority of credit, I said for the role he played. The role he played was not insignificant and was actually quite substantial. I remember seeing a documentary about the end of the Cold War and how Reagan and his staff were stunned at the concessions Gorbachev was willing to make at one of the summits and how they had to contain themselves in front of Gorbachev in order to not have him realize he had given up too much. Imagine being giddy at what the concessions meant but not being able to display it. I agree with you on China and one of the biggest reasons people say we’re in a new Cold War with China is because of Trump’s trade war and tariffs, which were largely a complete failure. China does have some unscrupulous practices such as theft of intellectual property and their dealings with Taiwan and we need to handle those carefully, but they don’t need to lead to a new Cold War.
@@Dr.TJ1 Okay, I guess he played a role, but I believe the USSR would have collapsed inevitably even without Reagan because of their inability and/or unwillingness to reform their country and economy. And, by the very end, when they started to make some reforms, it was already too late. I guess what you're saying reinforces the view that Gorbachev was a hack politician and quite possibly a sell-out, as well.
Actually Reagan was a B movie actor.playing the part of president. He was good at saying his lines and hitting his mark. The real brains behind him are people most of us don't even know....IMO. But the results are just the same.
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Speak that truth Bill!!! People don't want to hear it but what he's saying is so very true. I don't always agree with his opinion on certain issues but truth is truth and he speaks it well.
this is accurate, government actually got BIGGER during Reagan's administration, so big that the government's debt was out of control (where government was SMALLER during CARTER, & we weren't in debt). Reagand deification is quite Orwellian.
Thank you once again Bill Maher! Love you!
Bill Maher is the only person I know of who goes after both political parties instead of constantly criticizing one party constantly.
Probably my favourite Bill Maher monologue, so glad to have the Reagan myth dispelled so accurately
I doubt even Bill Maher would agree with this video today.
Why wouldn’t he. Regan was just another con man.
Gazzara5 that’s fair in Hilary’s case. I’m not a huge fan of the Dems and I actually agree with the Republicans on some issues but seriously, what the hell has happened to them? Teabaggers, Donald Trump. Do the GOP really stand for anything anymore? Some of the PC crap the Democrats carry on with is annoying but in terms of policy they still seem to be on this planet.
Gazzara5 Everything he said was accurate. What was inaccurate? Typical conservative response. Say something with no factual basis to back it up. Reagan did exactly all of those things Maher mentioned. And you’re the one deluded about Obama and Clinton. Another typical conservative cry. Obama was scandal free and your ilk has never gotten anything on the Clintons (except some consensual sex- something that’s evidently OK for the serial sexual assaulter your side voted for), even after 30 years of them being scrutinized more than any two people in American history.
djamo1969 absolutely right.
One of my favorite Bill Maher new rule moments! Absolutely spot on!
"Worst of all, Reagan inspired a whole generation of people who hate government to get into government." 👍 There's a direct line from Reagan to Trump, and look what it's costing us now.
Yup if you hate Government you hate people
Lol you are a young one aren’t you? That is propaganda. Don’t you know about “yuppies?” They were followers. They loved the government. However, the press has given us reason to hate the government. The government hates us. Biden is a joke.
The deviation started a bit sooner than that. Nixon, the “paranoid moral dwarf” (says G. Carlin) started a continuous pattern of bad Republican presidents that continues to this day. Look up Eisenhower’s party platform. He was the original Antifa, army general fighting Hitler, who was a compassionate conservative before the phrase was coined. Eisenhower’s positions look similar to Biden’s. Since him, Nixon, Ford (unelected college football player), Reagan, Bush, Bush again, & Trump. Worthless bunch.
It wasn't Reagan though, it was Barry Goldwater.
@@fshoaps To be fair, Barry Goldwater wouldn't have approved of the modern day Evangelicals and their Project 2025 Mandate of Leadership. He even warned against allowing the Evangelicals to take power over the Republican Party.
Maher is brilliant again. I'm so glad that somebody has a voice to tell the truth about the reagan years.
I used to work as a teacher for a federally funded organization called Advocates for Women which provided Technical training to low or no income women so they could earn decent wages. Reagan killed that program.
Good.
Whatever pooh bear
Minimum wage also killed opportunities for them.
LoL based reagan
In the 70's top 1% earned about 9% of US total income.
Today it is 24%.
What happened in the 80's? REAGANOMICS.
I grew up in America during the 1980s and I approve this message.
"He made shit up--something else he pioneered for his party."
So well put.
@Gazzara5 Really? Who keeps putting us into debt? Who puts us into ENDLESS wars?
@showlogicprod My friend you're wasting your breath trying to give absolute and accurate facts because as of orange dip-shit's presidency in 2016 these teabaggers have gone full 'Jim Jones, I drink the Koolaide twice' CULT!!! : - \
The republicans.
The greatest trick Reagan pulled on America was the soft spoken grandpa voice that made everyone fall in love with him.
I'm glade Bill came out and say what I think needed to be said.
He was a better actor than a President...and that's saying something!
Bill Maher, you are officially my favorite American of all times...after my wife of course.
Yeah, I remember Regan. Thousands of people standing in mile long lines to apply for one position, one slot, one job.
“Fox News putting a Fatwa on me” killed me 😂😭
John Wall meanwhile no one at Fox News ever thinks about Maher.
@@douglasmcginity3327 no one at Fox News ever thinks
Fox loves to quote Bill but only when he's trashing the so called left.
Somebody had to say it so thanks, Bill!
🔥🥂🙌🏽 Bill Maher is just one of the best
Plus he was a traitor (Iran/Contra!!!!!!!!!).
Damn you beat me to it lol.
Me too..but I wrote it out anyway! Funny, nothing on the internet mentions that the contras were trading cocaine to the Iranians for guns. The web says the guns were coming from America. In “Endless Summer II” they surfed at “Ollie’s Bay” where the guns and cocaine were exchanged. They said everyone knew except the American public. Now the Republicans have scrubbed the internet of any mention of the cocaine.
I couldn't agree more. I have been saying for a long time now that there are two different Americas, the one before Reagon, and the one after. America was a great country before him, and has gone down hill since.
Funny how you boneheads who hate him can't spell his name.
Sadly I was born right into this, so anything that came before Reagan got into power was before my time. However, the America that was before him almost looks like a Walt Disney fantasy at this point.
If you watch old ads on TH-cam here from the 1950s to the 1970s, they paint a different picture. Also, most of the Baby Boomers I've spoken to personally have all told me they had jobs that guaranteed them a wife/husband with two kids, and an affordable mid size home. With little to no college.
Today you need a Master's Degree and at least one or two others with you to even afford a home these days. And with the economy on the brink of collapse due to high gas prices and oil, I feel owning a home just isn't worth the stress.
love how Reagan's first job was lifeguarding at a Roosevelt built WPA swimming pool built by the federal government for his impoverished town couldn't build their own
So true Mr. Maher, so true.
Yes! Finally someone said it
Brilliant!
Great monologue Bill!
Bill does not agree any longer.
finally someone calls it as it was... the truth about RR: very refreshing!
Damn spot on bill!
"especially when his [Reagan's] miracles are turning clean water into polluted water and walking on the poor".
LOL. Very clever.
+xFirebird925x Yeah look at the water crisis down there in west south america. The private companies going nuts there were mostly launched by Maggie and Ronnie.
Karlthegreat84 I was complimenting Bill Maher on his clever joke, not being sarcastic lol.
xFirebird925x I was aware of that. Just added a bit of context. =)
Whenever my grandpa saw Reagan on the news, he'd snarl and say: "They oughtta let Hinckley out, and this time give him TWO guns!" That's how much gramps hated the man...
He was a smart man for hating Reagan.
I was in my late teens/early 20s in the 80's as well, but my memory of that era differs from yours.
The Reagan era was the impetus for deregulation, free trade (a myth in itself), tax-cuts for the wealthy, elevating the military-industrial complex, big spending, and courting the fundie xtians for support and votes.
Reagan's own economist, Bruce Bartlett, had this to say about Reaganomics:
"It's nonsense. It's just made up. When it comes to creating jobs Republicans have nothing to offer."
More wise words from Pastor Bill! I swear, this man needs to have a church! If he did, I would feel inclined to roll my bass out of bed before 10 on Sunday!
"I haven't felt this bad since I saw that Ronald Reagan movie!"
If only the Bill Maher of today was still like this Bill Maher.
I remember what it actually like under the Reagan years. When everybody and his dog were unemployed in a recession that started under Reagan and seemed to drag on forever, and everyone was afraid that nuclear missiles were going to start raining down on us at any time. Oh, and then there was the S&L crisis, the forerunner to the financial crisis which cost thousands their homes.
Reagan wasn't a great President, or even a good one. Don't forget, he left office in disgrace over Iran-Contra.
Bill tells it like it is. He's the Mark Twain of our time, and all with a dose of humor to wash it down.
You can't be serious.
jigalini Of course, I'm serious. Maybe Mark Twain isn't a good example, but Bill Maher says the unvarnished truth in a skillful and humorous way. I don't always agree with him, but I respect the thought, logic, and pragmatism that goes into his New Rules segment.
Loved the stamp part. Hilarious!
awesome video clip. Thank you. You are awesome!
YES! One of Maher's most important "New Rules." It exposes St. Ronnie for the demented tool he was.
and he didn't even mention Iran-Contra, which Reagan 100% authorized & lied about
He refused to raise the minimum wage which was 3.35 an hour for all 8 years.
Bill Maher 's awesome.. his ideas need a larger platform
My bro is a union electrician that was out of work 6 Christmases in a row during Reagan. He had to travel half way across the country to get work and he lived in Houston which usually has lower unemployment than the rest of the country.
you can trace a lot of bad shit back to the 80'
Bill Maher reminds us again how easy it is to make one's point, when one's point is just the plain truth.
God-DAMN, Bill Maher. That was straight filthy! Well said!
Ron Reagan was biggest and bestest friends with Mrs Thatcher. Says it all really!
Thatcher did her share of damage to the UK.
Let us not forget, Reagan was suffering dementia half the time he was in office.
He coined the phrase" Just Say No" and had Oliver North bringing drugs in the country.
Welll said and true TJ...
And thanks a hell of a lot Reagan for starting the selective service. I was one of the very first forced to sign up if I was going to continue in college. You were a bad movie actor and a bad president.
I heard he was a bad governor as well.
The 8-year run of "The Ronnie Horror Show".
One of Reagan's own economists, Bruce Bartlett, had this to say about "trickle-down economics" in regard to low (to no...) taxes for the rich creating plentiful employment for Americans:
"It's nonsense. It's just made up. When it comes to creating jobs republicans have nothing to offer."
Bill Maher is great and he was completely correct on everything he said about Reagan. People who know him and watch his show actually are big fans of him.
By the way there are many Republicans who want to go on his show.
You should hear the applause he got when he talked about Reagan. He makes sense.
It’s Reagan’s dystopian future now...we’re all just livin in it
Personally, I think that Ronald Reagan was the most overrated, rotten U.S. president that ever lived. His policies did little to help the country. I also think that Reagan was the most dangerous conservative that ever been lived. I am glad that Bill Maher helped clarify that fact pretty well.
Robert Polanco Little to help the country? Reagan was responsible for the largest peacetime expansion in US History. Under him the misery index fell by a huge margin along with poverty and the median household income went up. Not to mention that he ended the Cold War.
What a load of fairy tales, Mr. Ulrich.
Last time I checked facts weren't fairy tales
Big deal! At least Reagan's legacy really sucked! I personally DO NOT accept the way his policies effected the country.
Still think that now?
When I was a kid, everyone put Ronal Reagan in a pedestal, I really trough that he was a good guy and a good president, now, as adult, I think that it was because indoctrination, never the less, now as adult and research all the things he do like the scandal Iran - Contras and other things, I think that Reagan wasn't so good guy after all.
I love you Maher. Regardless of what people say, you're funny.
"To watch the courageous Afghan freedom fighters battle modern arsenals with simple hand-held weapons is an inspiration to those who love freedom. Their courage teaches us a great lesson - that there are things in this world worth defending.” - Ronald Reagan, Mar. 21 1983
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand your point is.
josef raphael Joe you are in no position label anyone a fool.
Thank You Bill .
If Carter had been a stronger President, Reagan would have never been elected.
Reagan's Charisma blinded a lot of people.
That's right, Danny. People were actually happier and more prosperous during the glorious boom years of the 70s.
I realize he's the left side equivalent of Rush Limbaugh, but I needed to watch this to remind me of where I stand. Wealth inequality will bring this country down and Reagan sure as heck is the leading face of the people behind our ruination.
Truthful
If you ever get the "chance" to talk to a Reagan-thumping Republican, ask them to explain the Iran-contra affair to you. Trust me it's funny!
they'll say it was Obama's fault!
@Marie Gamalski no idea what you're talking about
Mustachos m You liberals don’t know how funny YOU are when you talk about Iran Contra. Iran-Contra was when the Democratic Party loved and adored Russia. 😂😂😂 They wanted to keep Reagan from killing Russian allies and communists in Nicaragua. Which Reagan did by selling overpriced weapons to Iran and using those profits to kill Russian communists in Nicaragua. Reagan got away with it and there was nothing Democrats could do to stop him.
Rodzilla 😂😂😂 I’m so sorry Reagan killed your boyfriend Russian communists in Nicaragua 😂😂😂
4:44 pretty much nailed it.
Reagan and both Bush administrations: 20.75 million new jobs
Clinton alone: 22.7 million
Clinton's best month trumps the entire Bush II presidency on this front. THAT carries weight.
This version of Bill Maher is kind of gone
Yeah he's now went full boomer and blaming everything on smart phones and working from home
Maher's right - Reagan kicked off the trends that have led to the current crop of teapublicans.
When Reagan got into office we were the largest creditor nation on Earth.
When he left, we were the biggest debtor nation.
Those tax cuts for the Uber wealthy had to be paid for by someone.
thank you for proving my point
"They tried to elect his haircut" - and, fortunately, lost.
😎
Passed a law allowing corporations to target children in advertising instead of going through the parents...83' I believe it was.
He is also the one who removed the fair news act, resulting in conspiracy peddlers like fox taking root.
"He walked on the poor" describes Reagan to a t! He was the 2nd worst thing to happen to this country (after Nixon)!
Oh yeah, Reagan ran the second biggest mess since of the 20th century since the Great Depression, and all of a sudden he's a job creator.
Donald Trump is showing us now exactly why Reagan would still be successful in the Republican Party. Conservatives act like third graders, it doesn't matter what you say as long as you sound tough saying it. Reagan's personality made him a right wing superstar as Trump's is now. Luckily, the demographics have shifted since the 80's. Donald Trump may have turned this election into a reality tv show, but the most polarizing contestant always takes second place. The enemies the he has made outnumber his allies and that only works until they unite under one opponent.
Matt Juve "Luckily, the demographics have shifted" - I'm sorry I have news...
Actually, Donald Trump is showing exactly why Maher is and was dead wrong. To his credit, Maher has distanced himself from these claims.
@@NightHawk12to81 Please explain.
Since January 2009 the country has added a net total of 270,000 full-time jobs, but it has added 1.9 million part-time jobs, according to the House Ways and Means Committee. Washington Times;
Finally. For decades I believed I was the only one who knew Reagan was an asshole to the working people.
Most people I've talked to have said things were much better and more fair to the working man before Reagan.
They were.
" reganomics " gutted the middle class to the benefit of the wealthy.
He raised taxes on people making less than $200,000 / year, but cut them for the top 1%
Nailed it Bill.
wealth trickles down but it floods up....
this man is something serious,,,,,love him
Thanks bill
I was once high on Reagan. Not so much anymore. Almost everything he did blew up in his face. Great speaker but uh.... aheh
Michael Draper... Reagan broke Union's by bringing in Air Traffic controller's to destroy their union strike... it went downhill from there...
He eliminated price controls for the Petroleum Industry, putting Millions of Americans out of work!
His policies as Governor of California actually BROKE the state's economy... which he then took to the national level and caused the same problem!
@@stephenball4292 California has suffered for longer than a lot of states. Reagan was Governor of California from the late 1960s to the mid 1970s, and by the time he was done he had already done his share of damage to the state.
@@KratostheThird ... absolutely no doubt about that, all people had to do was look at what he did to Cali, but all they could see was the Gipper..
All it takes is another Reagan Revolution, just replace Reagan with a new FDR.
By "stronger", generally means, "more violent and warmongering" and more "fear based" (right-wing).
Bill. Run for president!
Reagan is a hero for outspending the Soviets into oblivion!
lol what a myth
Mikhail Gorbachev ended the Cold War, not Reagan.
Diana Peña Whether Горбачев/Gorbachov or Reagan ended it, Путин/Putin, may he have a soon and painful death, certainly started it/the Cold War again!
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No, he didn't. There isn't a cold war. The US has provided economic sanctions. No military buildup or anything hostile.
Yea and he only armed horrible people like Al Qaeda and the rebels that slaughtered people on my moms side of the family in Nicaragua which forced my grandmother to drive all the way to the U.S with my 2 year old mother. Meanwhile, many others of my family, didn't make it. Screw Reagan.
And he didn’t even talk about the ice queen who had to approve everything he said or did.
"The reason Communism doesn't work is because people like owning stuff"-Frank Zappa
BRAVO! We have become more selfish, hostile and mean spirited, more ignorant and proudly stupid for the last 33 years. And Ronald Reagan laid the ground work for all this, that kindly grandfatherly soft spoken wolf in sheep's clothing. We have turned away from the sprit of one ness that made us great, and the price we pay is increasing income disparity, good paying jobs and benefits a thing of the past, declines in the environment and labor protections, rotten bridges, and empty cities.
Patient 0, well done :)
I was Young. I voted for his Charismatic Delivery, handsome smile and cowboy hat. Stop beating me up.
A-FUCKING-MEN BILL!!!!
Great point, Just enter the country legally. And all our welcome
I don't agree with everything Bill says here, but I agree with a lot of it. Reaganomics was terrible and led directly to income inequality. But to forget the progress that Reagan made in ending the cold war is extremely short sighted of Bill. Do you really want to go back to the days of nuclear war being a heartbeat away? Reagan also gave great speeches and was perceived to be a leader, even though I didn't agree with very many of Reagan's policies. Sometimes just having a leader as president is more important than having a criminal as president, as we do now.
Reagan's role in the fall of the USSR is vastly overstated. The USSR fell because of internal economic and other issues. Reagan had very little, if anything, to do with it.
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Reagan put measures in place that devalued Soviet commodities, causing the economic strife you mentioned. Reagan also met with Gorbachev in a series of summits which led to a number of concessions by Gorbachev including the freeing of dissidents, changes to civil rights, and opening up of trade. Once the Soviet people got a taste of some of the products the west enjoyed, there was no going back. Reagan also got Gorbachev to allow the demolition of the Berlin Wall, which while not leading directly to the fall of the Soviet Union, did help thaw Cold War feelings. I think Reagan did a lot more than you want to give him credit for.
@@Dr.TJ1 But a lot of that was based on the decisions of Gorbachev. He certainly could have refused to moderate. In fact, many former Soviets see him as a sell-out. Regardless, the Soviet Union isolated itself from the global economy for decades largely by choice. That is basically never going to work out in the long run. I think it's inaccurate to give Reagan the majority of the credit for the fall of the USSR. If the USSR had reformed and opened up their economy the way China did, maybe things could have been different for them. It's also an example of how China is nothing like the USSR even though some people suggest the West is in a new Cold War with China. That is completely inaccurate and a false analogy. China is not attempting to spread an economic or political ideology. And even if they were, no one would listen because no one is really interested in adopting the Chinese governmental and economic model. Other countries probably wouldn't be able to even if they wanted to. But China is integral to and depends on the global economy; they have no interest in upending it.
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I didn’t give Reagan the majority of credit, I said for the role he played. The role he played was not insignificant and was actually quite substantial. I remember seeing a documentary about the end of the Cold War and how Reagan and his staff were stunned at the concessions Gorbachev was willing to make at one of the summits and how they had to contain themselves in front of Gorbachev in order to not have him realize he had given up too much. Imagine being giddy at what the concessions meant but not being able to display it.
I agree with you on China and one of the biggest reasons people say we’re in a new Cold War with China is because of Trump’s trade war and tariffs, which were largely a complete failure. China does have some unscrupulous practices such as theft of intellectual property and their dealings with Taiwan and we need to handle those carefully, but they don’t need to lead to a new Cold War.
@@Dr.TJ1 Okay, I guess he played a role, but I believe the USSR would have collapsed inevitably even without Reagan because of their inability and/or unwillingness to reform their country and economy. And, by the very end, when they started to make some reforms, it was already too late. I guess what you're saying reinforces the view that Gorbachev was a hack politician and quite possibly a sell-out, as well.
If Ronald Reagan was the original teabagger, who was the original woke?
If there was a hell Reagan is there waiting for fox ream and limbaugh
Actually Reagan was a B movie actor.playing the part of president. He was good at saying his lines and hitting his mark.
The real brains behind him are people most of us don't even know....IMO.
But the results are just the same.
Speak that truth Bill!!! People don't want to hear it but what he's saying is so very true. I don't always agree with his opinion on certain issues but truth is truth and he speaks it well.
I hope we d had a brave intelligent man like you in my country
Bill gets it . Americans don't
this is accurate, government actually got BIGGER during Reagan's administration, so big that the government's debt was out of control (where government was SMALLER during CARTER, & we weren't in debt). Reagand deification is quite Orwellian.