Comments on: How is Reagan a fiscal conservative? He ran up the highest deficit in US history (excluding Bush)?

By: Jeremy W

Jeremy W — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:41:19 +0000

Reagan promised to do three things, increase military spending, cut taxes and balance the budget. In reality the three cannot be done simultaneously. Much more recently, as another answerer has pointed out, Cheney said that Reagan taught us that deficits don’t matter, one of the many things about which he was wrong.

By: Boss H

Boss H — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:33:42 +0000

both Reagan and Bush are neocons.
Both believed that a large government is an inevitable result of providing national security and restoring traditional moral values.
Reagan fooled the entire nation into believing in his small efficient government that would bring more prosperity to Americans through free-trade lies. Now it is only right-wingers who are fooling themselves about the empty promises and lies he and his kind preach.
Call it what you will… “Socialism for the rich”, or “privatize profit socialize loss”, but the fact remains, what it really is, is elitism pushing us down a path toward global fascism.

By: dawg

dawg — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:14:37 +0000

it was necessary to defeat russia in the cold war.

REagan Won 49 states inhis re-election bid. I don’t thin that has EVER been done before.

He aslo blew out carter as well.

the economy was really good for most of the 80’s also, and there was no war.

He was a good president.

edit- get a real avatar dipshit. if i looked like that i wouldn’t leave the house.

By: Corruptfile34

Corruptfile34 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:18:06 +0000

Thank John Kasich and blame Tip Oneil. Too bad under any president you will be broke.

By: CyberCommie

CyberCommie — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:40:44 +0000

Reaganomics: If there is a shortage of money it is because the poor are hoarding it.

By: She

She — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:58:20 +0000

If a Reagan series were running the US, my family would not have thought of moving down here from Canada.
Thank God for Clinton and Obama.

By: Philtration

Philtration — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:46:38 +0000

He was not a fiscal conservative.
His economic policy was a joke and we had 10% unemployment under Reagan.

Most overrated president ever.

By: Warren T

Warren T — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:07:48 +0000

HERE IS WHAT I BELIEVE HAPPENED. IN CASE YOU DID NOT KNOW THE DEMOCRATS CONTROL CONGRESS DURING REAGAN’S ADMINISTRATION.

REAGAN WANTED MONEY FOR HIS MILITARY BUILDUP. DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS WANTED MONEY FOR THEIR WELFARE PROGRAMS. REAGAN AND THE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS CAME TO AN UNWRITTEN UNDERSTANDING. REAGAN WOULD GET HIS MONEY FOR THE MILITARY IF HE WOULD APPROVE THE MONEY FOR THE DEMOCRAT’S WELFARE PROGRAMS. THE ONLY WAY TO GET ALL THAT MONEY WAS TO RUN A DEFICIT.

By: Rev-'em-up Wright

Rev-'em-up Wright — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:58:47 +0000

Not to mention that Clinton signed the CRA which directly caused the downfall of our economy.

Not to mention that he told Janet Reno to threaten banks if they didn’t make loans to people who had no way to pay them back.

Yeah, Clinton did good, youbetya.

By: gcbtrading

gcbtrading — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:45:28 +0000

After he collapsed the Soviet Union, the spending would have been unnecessary.
Dot com bubbles would have helped any administration