[BobL]

“I was 30 in 1983 and didn’t pay all that much attention to politics. I’d voted for Reagan, but it was when he shut down PATCO that I realized we had someone truly different as president. “

I was actually younger and actually did pay attention. I could not believe that the PATCO people didn’t take Reagan at his word...it was really, really, dumb of them. And they pretty much had gotten everything they wanted. Unreal.

I also, having gown up the Northeast, remember strikes and how frequent and annoying they were. The practically ended the day Reagan fired those guys. It had some kind of psychological effect, because it didn’t affect the usual band of strikers at all. And without those strikes, the country did quite well in the 80s and 90s.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

I’d voted for Reagan, but it was when he shut down PATCO that I realized we had someone truly different as president.

“ ......as did the Soviet Union