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The legacy of Ronald Reagan

Posted on 4/4/26 at 8:52 am
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
60115 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 8:52 am
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“I got a letter from a man the other day, and I'll share it with you. This man said you can go to live in Turkey, but you can't become a Turk. You can go to live in Japan, but you cannot become Japanese -- or Germany or France -- and named all the others. But he said anyone from any corner of the world can come to America and become an American.”


Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
46100 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 8:54 am to
Not sure how you lay that at the feet of Reagan, because just look around at Europe. A lot has changed in the last 40 to 50 years.
Posted by SludgeFactory
Middle of Nowhere
Member since Jun 2025
3493 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 8:56 am to
Reagan isn't wrong.

If that person WANTS to, they could become an American and embrace the culture. People like Reagan would have encouraged that.

Problem is, you now have politicians like Biden, Harris, Pelosi, etc, that encourage these people to come to America, hate it, and drain it of all of its resources. Hell, they don't just encourage foreigners to do this, they also encourage their fellow Americans to do this.

A lot has changed in 40 years, and most for the worst. The net negative I can trace back to Reagan is the war on drugs and round one of immigration. If you would have told me 40 years ago we would have democrats like the squad, I would have never believed it.

Posted by TrueTiger
Chicken's most valuable
Member since Sep 2004
81832 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 8:57 am to

But these days the people coming to America are not intending to become Americans.

They are coming to colonize America.
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
60803 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 9:52 am to
Reagan was a speed-bump

He was correct at heart but just a nuisance to the banker/globalist agenda in the long run

The USA has long been a piggy bank for the world and multinational corporations to abuse at the taxpayers' expense

We all see it NOW. And some saw it then, but they weren't strong enough to stop it
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
114556 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 10:08 am to
Amnesty and out of control illegal immigration, which directly resulted in CA's permanent flip to Dem and the host of other ills they cause.

1986 Tax Reform package that gutted commercial real estate and precipitated the S & L collapse.

And I loved Reagan.
This post was edited on 4/4/26 at 10:09 am
Posted by Sizzle_DAWG
Sanford Stadium
Member since Jan 2024
2174 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 10:10 am to
He forever turned California blue with blanket amnesty
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
64976 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 10:59 am to
Exactly, and Reagan is the one who demographically nuked us with his amnesty bill.
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
15179 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 11:03 am to
quote:

Exactly, and Reagan is the one who demographically nuked us with his amnesty bill.


Uhhhh, Hart Cellar act?
Posted by TheFenceGuy
Member since Jan 2026
62 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 11:05 am to
Man, you know you can't slander Boomer God Ronnie Reagan like that.

Hart Cellar doomed us and Ronnie helped drive some nails into that coffin.

His gun restrictions threw some dirt on the coffin.
This post was edited on 4/4/26 at 11:08 am
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
64976 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 11:15 am to
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Uhhhh, Hart Cellar act?

That dealt with the racial demographics of legal immigrants. Reagan instantly legalized about 20 million illegals with the stroke of a pen.
Posted by trinidadtiger
Member since Jun 2017
19691 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 11:22 am to
Do any of you know what was negotiated with this so called "blanket amnesty"????????????

Tip ONeill agreed to 3 million amnesty with Reagan, in return we would get the borders in control. Reagan trusted Tip to be a man of his word not a fckin whore.

Any of you today would trade off 3 million in hopes that the last 50 million would have not been allowed in.

The blame is Tip's and Tip's alone that fat piece of shat.

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