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how, exactly, do the rightwingers think Reagan made us prosperous?
or are they no longer saying his policies were a good thing?
or does he get no credit because Congress writes the budget?
They change their tune too much; I can't keep track of it
how, exactly, do the rightwingers think Reagan made us prosperous?
or are they no longer saying his policies were a good thing?
or does he get no credit because Congress writes the budget?
They change their tune too much; I can't keep track of it
U.S. president Party Term years Start debt/GDP End debt/GDP Increase debt ($T) Increase debt/GDPhow, exactly, do the rightwingers think Reagan made us prosperous?
or are they no longer saying his policies were a good thing?
or does he get no credit because Congress writes the budget?
They change their tune too much; I can't keep track of it
5. Average Annual Spending Increases (excluding interest)
a. JFK 4.6%
b. LBJ 5.7%
c. Nixon 2.9%
d. Ford 2.7%
e. Carter 3.2%
f. Reagan 1.9%
g. BushI 2.0%
h. Clinton 1.9%
i. BushII 5.6%
Historical Tables | The White House
how, exactly, do the rightwingers think Reagan made us prosperous?
or are they no longer saying his policies were a good thing?
or does he get no credit because Congress writes the budget?
They change their tune too much; I can't keep track of it
5. Average Annual Spending Increases (excluding interest)
a. JFK 4.6%
b. LBJ 5.7%
c. Nixon 2.9%
d. Ford 2.7%
e. Carter 3.2%
f. Reagan 1.9%
g. BushI 2.0%
h. Clinton 1.9%
i. BushII 5.6%
Historical Tables | The White House
U.S. president Party Term years Start debt/GDP End debt/GDP Increase debt ($T) Increase debt/GDPhow, exactly, do the rightwingers think Reagan made us prosperous?
or are they no longer saying his policies were a good thing?
or does he get no credit because Congress writes the budget?
They change their tune too much; I can't keep track of it
5. Average Annual Spending Increases (excluding interest)
a. JFK 4.6%
b. LBJ 5.7%
c. Nixon 2.9%
d. Ford 2.7%
e. Carter 3.2%
f. Reagan 1.9%
g. BushI 2.0%
h. Clinton 1.9%
i. BushII 5.6%
Historical Tables | The White House
(in percentage points) House Control
(with # if
split during term) Senate Control
(with # if
split during term) Roosevelt/Truman D 1945–1949 117.5% 93.1% 0.05 -24.4% 79th D, 80th R 79th D, 80th R Truman Harry Truman D 1949–1953 93.1% 71.4% 0.01 -21.7% D D Eisenhower1 Dwight Eisenhower R 1953–1957 71.4% 60.4% 0.01 -11.0% 83rd R, 84th D 83rd R, 84th D Eisenhower2 Dwight Eisenhower R 1957–1961 60.4% 55.2% 0.02 -5.2% D D Kennedy/Johnson D 1961–1965 55.2% 46.9% 0.03 -8.3% D D Johnson Lyndon Johnson D 1965–1969 46.9% 38.6% 0.05 -8.3% D D Nixon1 Richard Nixon R 1969–1973 38.6% 35.6% 0.07 -3.0% D D Nixon2 Nixon/Ford R 1973–1977 35.6% 35.8% 0.19 +0.2% D D Carter Jimmy Carter D 1977–1981 35.8% 32.5% 0.28 -3.3% D D Reagan1 Ronald Reagan R 1981–1985 32.5% 43.8% 0.66 +11.3% D R Reagan2 Ronald Reagan R 1985–1989 43.8% 53.1% 1.04 +9.3% D 99th R, 100th D Bush GHW George H. W. Bush R 1989–1993 51.1% 66.1% 1.40 +15.0% D D Clinton1 Bill Clinton D 1993–1997 66.1% 65.4% 1.18 -0.7% 103rd D, 104th R 103rd D, 104th R Clinton2 Bill Clinton D 1997–2001 65.4% 56.4% 0.45 -9.0% R R Bush GW1 George W. Bush R 2001–2005 56.4% 63.5% 1.73 +7.1% R 107th Split, 108 R Bush GW2 George W. Bush R 2005–2009 63.4% 83.4% 2.63 +20.0% 109th R, 110th D 109th R, 110th D Obama1 Barack Obama
D 2009– 83.4%
111th D, 112th R
only the bushes were more (Obama's not yet calculated)
how, exactly, do the rightwingers think Reagan made us prosperous?
or are they no longer saying his policies were a good thing?
or does he get no credit because Congress writes the budget?
They change their tune too much; I can't keep track of it
5. Average Annual Spending Increases (excluding interest)
a. JFK 4.6%
b. LBJ 5.7%
c. Nixon 2.9%
d. Ford 2.7%
e. Carter 3.2%
f. Reagan 1.9%
g. BushI 2.0%
h. Clinton 1.9%
i. BushII 5.6%
Historical Tables | The White House
Cumulative Totals:
Dem POTUS = 15.4
Rep POTUS = 15.1
Not a lot of difference. Of course there are many other factors not considered in the totals....
how, exactly, do the rightwingers think Reagan made us prosperous?
or are they no longer saying his policies were a good thing?
or does he get no credit because Congress writes the budget?
They change their tune too much; I can't keep track of it
how, exactly, do the rightwingers think Reagan made us prosperous?
or are they no longer saying his policies were a good thing?
or does he get no credit because Congress writes the budget?
They change their tune too much; I can't keep track of it
Reagan lowered taxes....and got a lot of government off our backs....which grew the economy.....same thing rightwingers want today....
Reagan's mostly dimwit congress overspent...same thing Obama and his dimwit congress is doing today....
how, exactly, do the rightwingers think Reagan made us prosperous?
or are they no longer saying his policies were a good thing?
or does he get no credit because Congress writes the budget?
They change their tune too much; I can't keep track of it
Well, Reagan ushered in one of the longest periods of post war prosperity through his policies, having inherited a terrible economy.
Obama has one of the slowest growth recoveries on record, despite spending billions more in "stimulus".
So why are you dredging up a 30 year old policy? Could it be to deflect attention from the Liebturd Obamarrhoid's failed policies??
The economy wasn't shit canning under Reagan. He pulled it out, breathed life into and set it loose so it could grow.
Nobody after Reagan put the damn breaks on.
Now it's was outta hand under Bush. Obama said we was the anti-Bush, turns out he was Bush on a bender.
We are doing things now that may lead to a crash. Instead of easing us down the hole so we can climb out, we are about to be tossed off, on the chance that it might work.
I don't know about you, but doing the same damn thing, only more of it, is not a good idea. It no longer works so lets try something else.
Or we can just let the left finish what the right kept doing from when the left took over from the right that the left was doing first.....
Look, we are out of money. Every thing we spend is borrowed, something must change.
how, exactly, do the rightwingers think Reagan made us prosperous?
or are they no longer saying his policies were a good thing?
or does he get no credit because Congress writes the budget?
They change their tune too much; I can't keep track of it
Reagan lowered taxes....and got a lot of government off our backs....which grew the economy.....same thing rightwingers want today....
Reagan's mostly dimwit congress overspent...same thing Obama and his dimwit congress is doing today....
The SS withholding was also increased too much giving Congress access to those surplus funds to spend.
How many spending bills did Reagan veto?
how, exactly, do the rightwingers think Reagan made us prosperous?
or are they no longer saying his policies were a good thing?
or does he get no credit because Congress writes the budget?
They change their tune too much; I can't keep track of it
Well, Reagan ushered in one of the longest periods of post war prosperity through his policies, having inherited a terrible economy.
Obama has one of the slowest growth recoveries on record, despite spending billions more in "stimulus".
So why are you dredging up a 30 year old policy? Could it be to deflect attention from the Liebturd Obamarrhoid's failed policies??
Postwar prosperity? When?
Granada, Panama, Nicaragua, etc.