Reaganomics and the conservative movement
Sunday was Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday and we watched some clips last night with fascination at how this conservative almost evangelical was such an icon for this country. On the surface he was the perfect president, believed in the American pie in the sky dream, but underneath was roiling what was to become the biggest redistribution of wealth this country has ever seen.
I remember the day when I was working at the Rault Center, the hotel where the pregnant woman jumped from the flames, where I had gone to work on marketing it back into a viable business, and four black women were at the front desk when the news flashed that Reagan had been shot. They cheered.
It was a chilling moment of reality.