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Jan 8, 2016 · Ronald Reagan began working for GE in 1954 as a liberal anticommunist and finished in 1962 so far to the right that the company felt it had to drop him as a spokesman.
Michael Reagan, adopted son of Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman, contends that Attorney General of the United States Robert F. Kennedy pressured GE to cancel The General Electric Theater or at least to fire Reagan as the host if the program were to continue. The series was not dropped because of low ratings but political intervention, the younger ...
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Aug 25, 2020 · In another twist of the rules, Reagan, who was now officially a producer, never quit SAG’s executive board, and the union approved a permanent extension of MCA’s blanket waiver. Reagan looked back on his GE years as a “postgraduate course in political science” and an “apprenticeship for public life.”
But Reagan learned more in his GE years than a set of prepared remarks. He became familiar with such diverse thinkers as von Mises, Lenin, Hayek, and the Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu.
In his autobiography (An American Life), Reagan explains that he switched to being a Republican because he became disenchanted with high taxes and the welfare system. In the 1950s, Reagan worked as a spokesman for GE in addition to hosting General Electric Theater on TV.
May 26, 2015 · Ronald Reagan, our 40th president and the icon and hero of the modern conservative movement in American politics, was once a Democrat. Reagan Idolized FDR: As a young man who came of age during the Great Depression, Reagan idolized Franklin D. Roosevelt. The New Deal rescued the Reagan family finances, proving work for Reagan’s father, Jack.
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Nov 10, 2021 · Generations of Americans bought GE lightbulbs and GE fridges, Ronald Reagan advertised its products before becoming president and Kurt Vonnegut was a GE publicist before he wrote...
