Trickle Down........

Closing all the mental institutions and putting the insane on the streets was atrocious - but - it got them off disability and welfare...after all...you had to have an address to get those benefits. More can be found at the following link:  http://www.monitor.net/monitor/0406a/reaganhomeless.html

Reagan's Homeless

by:  Peter Dreier

Reagan came to office in 1981 with what he viewed as a mandate to reduce federal spending. In reality, Reagan increased federal spending by dramatically increasing the military budget while slashing domestic programs for working class Americans, particularly the poor. The result was a bloated federal deficit that mortgaged the nation's future.

Reagan's fans give him credit for restoring the nation's prosperity. But whatever economic growth occurred during the Reagan years benefitted the already well-off. The income gap between the rich and everyone else in America widened. Wages for the average worker declined. The nation's homeownership rate fell. Despite boom times for the rich, during Reagan's two terms in the White House, the poverty rate in cities grew.

Reagan owed little to urban voters, big-city mayors, black or Hispanic leaders, or labor unions -- the major advocates for metropolitan concerns. His indifference to urban problems was legendary. Early in his presidency, at a White House reception, Reagan went up to the only black member of his Cabinet, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Samuel Pierce, and said: "How are you, Mr. Mayor? I'm glad to meet you. How are things in your city?"

Reagan not only failed to recognize his own HUD Secretary, he failed to deal with the growing corruption scandal at the agency. Indeed, during the Reagan years, HUD became a feeding trough for Republican campaign contributors. Fortunately for Reagan, the media didn't uncover the "HUD Scandal" until he left office. It resulted in the indictment and conviction of top Reagan administration officials for illegally targeting housing subsidies to politically connected developers.

• The Great American Socialist - Duchess Bridger
  • Yeah, ha ha, Dr. Ravi Batra, what a joke - yuk yuk - Duchess Bridger
    • I think maybe you should read up... - Zville MT
      • Trickle Down........ - Duchess Bridger
        • The good, the bad, the truth - Zville MT
          • Reagan's Socialist Legacy - Duchess Bridger
            • Opinions - Zville MT
          • Remember when he fired all those air traffic controllers? - Duchess Bridger
            • Never said he was perfect... - Zville MT
  • Duchess, thank you for the good laugh this morning! - Zville MT
  • Unfortunately, Batra got it wrong...sm - TechSupport
    • Did he ever!!!! He's such a quack anyway! - MsMT
  • Dr. Batra.........that's funny! - sm
  • Hmmmm - sm
    • Nah, he's just a quack and doesn't know what he's talking about, right? nm - Duchess Bridger
      • Now you're getting it!!! - MsMT
        • That's right! As long as I agree, "I'm getting it" LOL - Duchess Bridger

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I decided to Google this phrase and see what came up.  Not suprising the first on the list was from Rush Limbaugh.   I did find this too though and I couldn't agree more.  I have no idea who wrote it.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Trickle-Up-Poverty-and-the-by-Cameron-Salisbury-080923-947.html