Talk:Epic Rap Battles of History 59/@comment-6533831-20160420202953/@comment-15589301-20160420213146

There's breaking down a working system which is bad, but then there's rebuilding a new one that works. Reagan did just that. The US was in a sort of mini-depression almost, at the beginning of Reagan's presidency. With hi changes, he turned it around immensly.

This isn't to say that what FDR built wasn't great; it certainly worked for awhile, but it was definitely on its way out by the time of Reagan's presidency. If you look at unemployment levels at the end of the 70s, they weren't good, and overall the economy needed change. Furthermore, to say that Reagan 'destroyed' the system is a bit unfair. He adapted his own, that ultimately worked. The whole 'no change' agenda is proven to have limited success, I mean that was the whole reason for the Great Depression in 1929

I don't know, it might just be my opinion, but Reagan certainly seemed to do a lot of good with his presidency. I mean, in terms of my worst, Nixon, and Carter would get in there, definitely. On the other hand, best, I would like to put LBJ up there. I feel like he was underrated because of Vietnam to be perfectly honest.