Why Ronald Reagan Wanted to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Max Boot)
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- The Michael Shermer Show # 473
Michael Shermer interviews historian and foreign policy analyst Max Boot about his new biography of Ronald Reagan. They discuss Reagan's early life, his political evolution from a liberal to a conservative, his presidency, and the impact of his policies on modern conservatism. Boot provides insights into Reagan's views on social issues, nuclear weapons, and his relationships with key figures like Gorbachev. The discussion also touches on the current state of the Republican Party and the challenges it faces today.
Max Boot is a historian and foreign-policy analyst and a senior fellow for national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. His New York Times bestseller, The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography. His new book is Reagan: His Life and Legend.
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I remember the Reagan era well and liked him a lot. I didn't agree with everything he thought, but he loved his country and he was a great cheerleader type of leader. Certainly a nice move away from the despair and negativity of the 70s. When looking at Reagan I think it's important to understand why he was so popular, and well liked even among his political rivals.
For the most part, fcking hell no. Regan can burn in hell.
Certainly Reagan was the most accomplished actor in the role of President, to begin with anyway, in stark contrast, say, to the one acting the role now. Generally it's safe to assume that most of them are there mostly as an act and, such is US society, it's the odd one who's for real, like Trump, who presents greatest danger.
Thomas Sowell: Tax Lies For The Gullible | Stock News ...
Thomas Sowell, a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, has written about how tax rates and tax revenues often move in opposite directions. He argues that tax cuts can lead to higher tax revenues, and that the phrase "tax cuts for the rich" is a misnomer.
Here are some of Sowell's arguments about tax cuts and tax revenues:
Tax cuts can increase tax revenues
Tax cuts can lead to higher tax revenues because they make it profitable for investors to invest outside of tax shelters. For example, in the 1920s, when the tax rate on the highest incomes was reduced from 73% to 24%, tax revenues increased substantially.
The Reagan administration's tax cuts led to higher revenues
Sowell says that the Reagan administration's tax cuts led to higher revenues than any previous administration.
The "trickle down" theory is a myth
Sowell argues that the "trickle down" theory is a myth because workers are paid first, and then profits flow upward later, if at all.
His son Ron is openly gay and atheist.
Ron is indeed a proud atheist, to his credit, but he is not gay.
Correction. He is openly gay.
I respect that position.