Thanks, Seabird, for your comments. I appreciate what you have said.
What is done is done, and what I will say is that the climate of the 1980s, whether influenced by Reagan or the laissez-faire climate of "free trade," is what has molded me today. As someone who has a lot of interests (the reason why I tend to have an opinion on everything), when I went to college, I purposely studied for a career that I knew could eventually not be exported. At one point, I had more of an interest in multimedia / web design, but the minute I realized that IT jobs were being exported to India, I shifted back towards video production. Creative and professional fields, ultimately, are the only ones that really cannot be outsourced.
So, in retrospect, I cannot look at this man in such polar terms. I hate him most, perhaps, out of being taught to, and it was such hatred that influenced my parents to try and break the pattern by sending me to private schools, which, in turn, heavily encourage going to college. And here I am, on the dawn of getting my master's degree (with a mountain of debt, though, which would not have been the case in the 1970s or prior), and I'm reminded that even the most negative experiences can forge a world of difference. The most extreme example I can think of is the impact of World War II; a conflict that caused so much death and destruction, but the aftermath allowed the Western world to rebuild into the power and wealth that it is today.
Thus, in the ashes of my youth, I have rebuilt into what I am today, and, for that, I'm unsure as to what I feel about this old man, from an economic POV (I am undeniably against the social conservatism that his administration also fostered). Needless to say, with his death and the twilight of my education, it is time to bury him and my youthful resentment, focusing instead on the present.
Rest in peace, Ronald Reagan, and I do hope you end up in heaven...because then I think that everyone will.
Melon