Reagan

Watching Reagan on YouTube
chat show
smoother than I remember
folksy, late seventies
having just come out of Governor of California
he looked good
didn't look like he was pitching for the White House
but '81 was coming..

Launch of neo-liberalism
which is precisely why you don't have a job
or if you do it doesn't pay
how's that possible
from a former lifeguard?

I only remember the the assassination attempt
then the mental deterioration
I guess we should be grateful things went well
with Gorby
better than the current NATO encirclement of Russia
taunting the bear.
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Posted: May 2021
About this poem:
80's reflection

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Comments (1)

mcradloff
My dad's pay went from 13 to 6 and he lost his pension just six months short of getting it, he worked till 2001 and didn't even make ten bucks an hour, he hated Regan a lot, and was disappointed when he didn't get killed in 81.daydream elephant
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