Well, there was the time Ronald Reagan fired all the ATC workers [Edit: I had the reason wrong but I still blame Reagan.]
Why blame Reagan? He was president 35 years ago and has been dead for 20 years.
Why not blame any number of people who held the same office between then and now who have equivalent power to fix the system?
If we assign blame to this dead guy a long time ago, then there is no accountability to be had.
They were already in a union (PATCO) and they were striking illegally which lead to their decertification.
Why blame Reagan? He was president 35 years ago and has been dead for 20 years.
Why not blame any number of people who held the same office between then and now who have equivalent power to fix the system?
If we assign blame to this dead guy a long time ago, then there is no accountability to be had.