( Dodging of government payments for disabilities )

Iran-Contra Affair

( Creation of 'Us Against the Government' )

( Rejection of the Metric System )

From Mother Jones Magazine in 2000:

The squelching of the institute -- later partly re-funded and renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory -- marked the start of Reagan's campaign against solar power. By the end of 1985, when Congress and the administration allowed tax credits for solar homes to lapse, the dream of a solar era had ( Read more... )