Let me think of where to begin. - Reagan began the systematic dismantling of regulation that was meant to prevent Republican greed from collapsing the economy, as it did to bring on the first Republican Great Depression, and did again at the end of Bush’s term. - With Reagan, Republicans wasted no time in giving the rich a big wet kiss by shifting the tax burden (once 90% under that Socialist Dwight D.
Eisenhower) to the middle class. A large number of tax loopholes were written into the tax code that catered to special corporate interests. Reagan’s next move was to bust unions, and stagnate wages while simultaneously increasing credit to give the illusion of wealth.
- "Trickle-Down" worked exactly as intended, to benefit the wealthiest at the expense of working class Americans. It increased economic inequality and shifted most of America's wealth to the top. - Republicans then went after education – doing away with civics classes and making education another brass ring that could be grasped only by accumulating massive debt.
Debt served to create a society of indentured servants who may think they work for XYZ Company, but really work for the bank. - One of the last pieces of this recipe for Oligarchy was to deregulate the media. Reagan did away with media ownership laws as well as the Fairness doctrine, which made propagandists like Rush Limbaugh possible.
The airwaves were then flooded with pro-corporate, anti-worker Republican propaganda to keep the people stupid enough to vote Republican. - Inequality grew by leaps and bounds under Reagan. - As governor, Reagan oversaw the largest tax increase in Californian history.
Democratic Governor Jerry Brown cut back the tax rate when he came to office. - As president, Reagan expanded the federal government by about 90%. Reagan allowed the welfare state to enlarge and the military budget to explode causing monstrous budget deficits and government growth that dwarfs government growth under Clinton, even when Clinton had a Democratic Congress.
- Reagan also bombed Libya, put the "war" in War on Drugs, allowed the continuation of Selective Service registration (despite his campaign promise to end it), helped the Khmer Rouge terrorize Thailand, imposed brutal trade sanctions on Nicaragua, funded the murderous brutal Contras, sold missiles to Iran, gave assistance to Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, and lied to the American people. - The foreign policy of Ronald Reagan did more to impoverish and kill the poor and helpless humans of the world than any world leader before or since - with the possible exception of GWB. He was going to defeat communism (which was already falling of its own weight) and he didn't care how many children were burned alive or how many people starved to death on the way.
- In 1988, Reagan’s last year in office, outlays as a percent of GDP were running at 21.3% with a deficit of 3.1% of GDP. The budget deficit over Reagan’s eight years averaged 4.2% and ran as high as 6.0% in 1983. (In 1980, the last year of Jimmy Carter’s presidency, government outlays were running at 21.7% of GDP and the budget deficit was 2.7% of GDP.) - Reagan raised taxes twice in 1982, and then raised them again in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1987.
In spite of all those tax hikes, Reagan didn't grow his way out of the deficits caused by his 1981 tax cut.
The only criticism that I can offer if when he was governor of California, he balanced the budget and paid off the state debt by taxing every thing that float, ran, crawled, flew, or stood still. This made him some what unpopular in his state. But he did the job.
When he ran for president his campaign was to balance the federal budget and pay off the national debt as well. I myself voted for him for these reasons. However, after he became president he went backwards and the budget got bigger and the national debt sky rocketed.
If you will look up the national debt on the net and see where it went during his presidency you will see what I mean. That's the only criticism I have of his presidency.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.