Look at a chart of almost anything and around 1981 or soon after you'll see the chart make a sharp change in direction, and not in a good way. And I really do mean almost anything, from economics to trade to infrastructure to ... well almost anything. I spent some time looking for charts of things, and here are just a few examples. In each of the charts below look for the year 1981, when Reagan took office.

1. The Reagan Revolution – In Charts

2. Look at a chart of almost anything and around 1981 or soon after you'll see a sharp change in direction.

3. In each of the charts below look for the year 1981, when Reagan took office.

4. Conservative policies transformed the United States from the largest creditor nation to the largest debtor nation in just a few years, and it has only gotten worse since then:

5. Working people's share of the benefits from increased productivity took a sudden turn down.

6. This resulted in intense concentration of wealth at the top.

7. And forced working people to spend down savings to get by.

8. Which forced working people to go into debt (total household debt as percentage of GDP).