Reagan State Building

I can’t believe it! “State Dedicates Reagan Office Building,” I read. A President who exited office leaving an ungodly mess: a trillion-dollar-plus national deficit, the savings and loan $500-billion-plus disaster, Irangate; a man who threw hundreds of thousands of mentally ill into the streets virtually single-handedly, who rewarded ultra-rich individuals and corporations with generous “trickle-down” tax breaks that caused the record-breaking deficit, etc.

I challenge anyone to name a single thing Reagan did while in office that benefited anyone but the rich and the powerful. Trickle down indeed! Surely the gods must be shaking their heads sadly at these misguided stupid mortals who reward misgovernment.

SHIRLEY WOLF

Santa Monica