tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post108725039067857904..comments2023-10-30T01:52:04.961-07:00Comments on Miniver Cheevy: ReaganJonathan Kormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06249159323930786199noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post-1087837204685716372004-06-21T10:00:00.000-07:002004-06-21T10:00:00.000-07:00I just remember that in 1980, when he was first el...I just remember that in 1980, when he was first elected, I was ten years old and watching the returns with my parents. I was crying, and my parents were yelling at the television--nothing out of the ordinary for her, but definitely for him. I was convinced that as soon as he was in office, we were all going to die in a nuclear holocaust.<br /><br />The only thing I find really sad in his passing is that it must have been hard for his family to watch him go so <EM>slowly</EM>. That's pretty awful. But as for what he did for the country? No. No more tears.Indrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13752279328772167047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post-1087344609952819972004-06-15T17:10:00.000-07:002004-06-15T17:10:00.000-07:00I found an unhelpful website with links to Google ...I found an unhelpful website with links to Google searches on each of those subjects, but most of the search results turn up that list of 66 again!<br /><br />I know that Reagan proposed several school voucher bills which would have permitted segregated schools to collect on state monies, but a good web reference is hard to find. If you can read just a bit between the lines, you can see Reagan's segregation-friendly logic on <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2FCapitolHill%2F2827%2FChap11.html">this pro-voucher page</A>:<br /><br />Ronald Reagan advocated during his 1980 presidential campaign four changes for education. These included:<br />• Reduction of federal controls over education. Elimination of requirements for bilingual education. Block grants with control to be vested in the state or local communities.<br />• Tuition tax credits or vouches to help parents gain some control over their children’s education<br />• Elimination of busing for racial desegregation purposes<br />• Abolition of the Department of EducationJonathan Kormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06249159323930786199noreply@blogger.com