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Originally Posted by gldstwmn
He was also responsible for the largest budget deficits of the time and he gutted FDR's New Deal programs. One large side effect of this was that residents of state and federally funded mental institutions were turned out onto the street creating a homeless population as yet unseen by America.
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And then, he had the gall to go on national television and say that the homeless were "homeless by choice."
Yes, it's sad that he had Alzheimer's and that he died the way he did, but it's not as sad as the thousands and thousands of AIDS victims who died just as excruciatingly as he did, while he and his administration sat back and did nothing.
He was not a great president, or a great human being, or a great anything, and it annoys me to no end to see all these articles gushing over his alleged "achievements," while ignoring the numerous people who suffered as the result of his policies.