but deregulation and anti regulation as a pattern. As a driving force of the right. That came from him. It certainly would not have happened if regulation was considered an important part of capitalism that while it may need to be tweaked sometimes should never be removed and new regulation should follow for new things. The whole way of doing things started under reagan and the attitude to not follow the correct path very much starts there.
That just sounds like you are trying to look for a reason. Do you want to ignore 20 years of politics to steagall repeal or the 20 years since that? Im pretty sure the house has flipped about 4 or 5 times since then… why havent we given banks stricter rules yet even though the house has been a democratic super majority 7 times since reagan? In fact, i just looked it up and the house was a democratic majority the entire time Reagan was president. It was only up until Clinton in 97 that it switched to a republican super majority…
Anyone with even an ounce of knowledge of how congress works and our history would know that its way easier to block legislation than enact it and republicans are known for blocking essentially everything. A majority is not enough if the oppositions only agenda is to block it, which is what they had despite your use of the term super majority which would be the case if they controlled 2/3rds of congress which was not the case. Its part of the weakness of our system that the republicans exploit liberally (I know. ironic use of adjective there.). The republicans have been in the minority even when they have had congressional majorities and when they have had the house but again that is due to anti democratic aspects of our system of government. So im ignoring nothing but you are not really saying anything either with this last comment.
All i meant by what I said was that congress is the one who makes the legislation. People can blame Reagan all day but he was in a democratic house majority that spanned 10 years after he left. It would be akin to republicans blaming Obama for actions taken by todays congress.
