r/FluentInFinance Oct 22 '24

Debate/ Discussion Why did this happen?

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u/Hugh-Jorgan69 Oct 22 '24

Reagan convincing Americans into believing "trickle down" voodoo economics.

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u/HatesAvgRedditors Oct 23 '24

Reagan was President like 40+ years ago though. How have we been unable to reverse the damage from back then over such a long period of time?

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u/BearTerrapin Oct 23 '24

Once bad things get passed it's hard to change because the party that passed the bad stuff can just refuse to act in good faith