Ronald Reagan's Leadership Lessons

Author Margot Morrell talks about what Americans can learn from the Gipper's career

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How about facing career challenges?

Focus on your strengths. I knew somebody who was one of his agents in Hollywood in the 1940s, and he happened to have an office that backed onto Reagan's apartment, and he could literally hear Reagan making phone calls, and Reagan was constantly working the phone, you know, staying in touch with his connections, staying in touch with his agent, looking for opportunities, promoting his career.

What surprised you in writing this book?

That [his career] didn't come easily to him, that there were enormous challenges, and that he constantly picked himself up and moved forward.

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“Nancy Pelosi (D) Caught Lying: Says Bush Didn’t Warn Congress About Financial Crisis”

2001

“April: The Administration’s FY02 budget declares that the size of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is “a potential problem,” because “financial trouble of a large GSE could cause strong repercussions in financial markets, affecting Federally insured entities and economic activity.”

2002

“May: The President calls for the disclosure and corporate governance principles contained in his 10-point plan for corporate responsibility to apply to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (OMB Prompt Letter to OFHEO, 5/29/02)”

Just the first two warnings.

http://friskaliberal.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/nancy-pelosi-d-caught-lying-says-bush-didn%E2%80%99t-warn-congress-about-financial-crisis/

When Bush and McCain tried to pass regulations (Yes, we re FOR good regulations), by a all Democrat vote it FAILED.

“I don’t see anything in this report that raises safety and soundness problems.”

Barney Frank

Enjoy the video:

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/29/video-democrats-insist-nothing-wrong-at-fannie-mae-freddie-mac-in-2004/

Bill Hedges of MO 7:43AM June 07, 2011

I like Reagan but his domestic policies were often Smoke and Mirrors, pure symbolic propaganda, and now the myth of Reaganomics is imploding leaving our economy in shambles.

The new religion following Reagan's rhetoric is ignoring realities - that tax cuts for the rich don't stimulate the economy. Eight years of Bush's Tax Cuts for the Rich left the country in the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression - what more proof does anyone need.

Republican economic thinking is failed and its time we quit listening to them and reverse some of the disasters the GOP have perpetuated.

If we want to copy Reagan, let's raise taxes the levels during the Reagan Administration. Conservatives ignore Obama passed the largest tax cut ever and taxes are lower today than during the Reagan Administration.

Let's quit lying about Reagan's domestic policies - Reagan raised taxes eleven times.

Real respect for Reagan would be to point out his ability to work across the aisle to get things done and that Reagan turned out to be the biggest supporter to eliminate nuclear weapons.

We certainly will not learn anything from revisionists peddling fairy tales.

Frank of KS 4:10PM June 03, 2011

"At some point, additional taxes so discourage the activity being taxed, such as working or investing, that they yield less revenue rather than more. There are, after all, two rates that yield the same amount of revenue: high tax rates on low production, or low rates on high production."

2)" The rich pay more when incentives to hide income are reduced."

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2003/08/the-historical-lessons-of-lower-tax-rates

Bill Hedges of MO 3:34AM May 27, 2011

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