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==Miscellaneous Facts==

==Miscellaneous Facts==

-The administration's stance toward the Savings and Loan industry contributed to the Savings and Loan crisis. It is also known that the policies heavily influenced the stock market crash of 1987. In order to cover newly-spawned federal budget deficits, the United States borrowed heavily both domestically and abroad, raising the national debt from $700 billion to $3 trillion. Reagan described the new debt as the "greatest disappointment" of his presidency.

*Reagan was the first and only labor leader and former President of an AFL-CIO union ever elected US President.

 

*Reagan was the first and only divorced president.

-Liberal genius Bill Clinton then went on to eliminate the GOP caused deficit and actually created a federal surplus.

*Reagan was a lifeguard for seven years growing up, and was said to have saved 77 people.<ref>http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/reagan/stories/bio.part.one/index.html</ref>

*Reagan was the first president to break the "[[Curse of Tippecanoe]]", ie, the first president elected in a twenty year cycle who did not die in office.

*At 69, Reagan was the oldest man elected to the presidency.

*Reagan's 1994 announcement that he had Alzheimer's Disease brought large amounts of public attention to the disease.

*Reagan loved jelly beans.<ref>http://www.jellybelly-uk.com/pages/q&a/trivia.shtml</ref> The blueberry flavor was made in his honor. [[Jelly Belly]] even created a [http://www.jellybelly-uk.com/pages/q&a/bean_art_gallery.shtml Ronald Reagan [[portraits|portrait]] out of jelly beans].

*After his death, some of his closest supporters wished to put him on the $10 bill<ref>http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/08/news/economy/reagan_hamilton/index.htm</ref>

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