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GRITtv: Eugene Jarecki: Remembering the Real Reagan
"I think the myth is shattering in front of us," Eugene Jarecki says of Ronald Reagan. Conservatives have tried for so long to "engineer Reagan into our drinking water," he notes, but it's an illusory Reagan, a Reagan who stands for whatever program those people want to pass, whatever agenda they're promoting. The real Reagan was quite different from what we hear about--and this week we're hearing a lot about Reagan, as it's the 100th anniversary of his death. Eugene Jarecki joins Laura in studio to set the record straight. He's the director of a new HBO documentary on Reagan, premiering Monday at 9 and available this week on that channel.
Email this pageGRITtv: Move Your Money
The film It's a Wonderful Life is a holiday tradition. But in this video from Eugene Jarecki and the Huffington Post, it becomes more than that -- it becomes an inspiration for change. Small community banks keep money flowing to small businesses and individuals while large banks took government bailouts and continue to pay CEOs and lobbyists ridiculous salaries to maintain the status quo. Angry about the bailouts? Take a cue from It's a Wonderful Life and move your money into a community bank. You can find one here.
