I don't know a single person who remembers the Reagan Era well, unless they were already doing well. For many of us who were doing ok, we all started to do worse, a lot worse. I was just getting started as a worker during this time and it was the worst time for Job hunting I've ever seen in my life and for everyone else I knew. The Regan Era fucked this country. If you know history at all, Russia brought itself down, Reagan didn't do a damn thing.