while inflation decreased. I'd say she did pretty well.

Inflation doubled

Rather than stimulating the economy through investment and tax cuts, she tried to control the amount of money in circulation. Mrs Thatcher thought this would reduce inflation from its 1979 level of 10.3%. It didn't. Inflation doubled within a year and only fell to present day levels of 2-3% in 1986.

By this point, the damage had been done. To get to such a low level, indirect taxes had been hiked (VAT rose from 8% to 15%), as had interest rates (topping 17%). Subsidies for industry were reduced. The result was a massive rise in unemployment from 1.4m in 1979 to 3.5m by 1982, or one in eight people out of work. "I knew that when you change from one set of policies to another, the transition is very difficult," Mrs Thatcher later reflected, "but benefits would come in the longer run."

While Joe Strummer and a very wasted Sid Viscious scream the word cunt at her for hours on end.

With any luck she's burning in hell alongside Ronald Reagan.

The Clash routinely had their phones tapped by the FBI. back when the world "punk" meant more than being a dumb fuckstain buying a greenday shirt from the mall.

you just hate freedom and capitalism.

With any luck she's burning in hell alongside Ronald Reagan.

While Joe Strummer and a very wasted Sid Viscious scream the word cunt at her for hours on end.

And were gleeful in their success. That just makes it worse. Just as an aside, John Paul II was pretty involved in winning the Cold War also. Support for Solidarity and all. Ivan even tried to knock him off. I'm sure his evil knew no bounds, too.

The soviet union lost to do massive sanctions, only reason. And by your stupid fucking logic I'd say you hate obama because he was the winner.

Actually they outspent their means and the rampant bureaucratic corruption, that is inherent in any massive government structure, finally made it unfeasible to hold themselves together anymore. That's right the USSR fell apart because they were doing what we are currently doing. I'll be glad when the Dept. of Education is shutdown, I mean if they won't even teach you children a factual version history anymore, what's the point?

not sure what you're blabbering about. If you actually think they don't teach in schools "USA numbah one, commies bad!" version of history.

It's actual history, so of course you are completely clueless or more appropriately useful in your ignorance. The USSR failed because the US is a mean bully version of history that you've indoctrinated into just isn't a factual representation of what actually occurred. I don't have to rely on third hand accounts, I know what really happened, I watched and remember.

Indoctrinated by what you blithering fucking cumrag? I was taught what an extremely pro United States version of the relationship between the USSR. reinforced by perceptions (reganism) of the time period in the evil liberal controlled U.S. school system.......Please post examples, sources, data, anything at all except your're own assertions and anecdotal bullshit.

I hate Obama because he's a triteone. No other reason.

Dude, I recently spent more than a week breaking up and totally destroying your ignorant ass understanding of what hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" actually is and how it actually works. Tearing it down ad hominem attack by ad hominem attack. I'm not spending another one raping your programmed understanding of American history. You're an extraordinarily ignorant person and that really is your own fault so I don't see why I have to be the one put out.

It's in poorly drawn cartoon form. It must be accurate.

If you thought I was being truthful, your gullibility knows no bounds.

I'm really disappointed to hear you don't really hate niggers.