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buildup forced the Soviet to retreat: "All that talk that somehow Reagan's arms race forced Gorbachev to look for some arms reductions, etc., that's not serious. The Soviet Union could have withstood any arms race. The Soviet Union could have actually decided not to build more weapons, because the weapons we had were more than enough."
Roosevelt fought against corporate control in the name of democracy. He used taxation to enhance democracy and justice. Reagan was the mouthpiece and creation of General Electric and corporate America, and wholly beholden to the rich.
As to which president was really "a Man of the People, that's easy to judge. Roosevelt's policies were a "new deal" of democracy and equality for working people, and with presidential support for unions. What Reagan provided, hidden by clever public relations, was a "raw deal" for working people, including a redistribution of their hard earned tax dollars to the rich, and a virtual war waged against unions.
Regarding the battle of the coins, Roosevelt must remain on the dime, and if real justice is served, it is Roosevelt's face that belongs on Mount Rushmore.
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