Ronald Reagan Facts

[Toddsterpatriot]

Killing the malaise, high inflation and high unemployment of Carter's term.....yeah, failure. Durr.

I'm not sure what you are referring to when you talk about malaise. However, I am glad you brought up unemployment...since Reagan is one of the worst presidents in modern history for that statistic.

United States Unemployment Rates by President, 1948-2016

Here you can clearly see that unemployment rose, DRASTICALLY under Reagan's policies...it wasn't that he came in with a recession in full swing (like Obama), the recession occurred right in the middle of his first term as president. Again, right wingers refuse to look at basic statistics and facts and would rather dance about happily like a 3-year old girl pretending that Reagan is the princess of their castle.

I'm not sure what you are referring to when you talk about malaise.

How old were you during the Carter presidency?

the recession occurred right in the middle of his first term as president.

And why do you think that recession occurred?

....like a 3-year old girl pretending....

Yes, your projection is noted.

Did you seriously just ask me questions when I pointed out large holes in your one sentence statement? Scared of making more statements that are easily disproved I take it?

WEAK DODGE.

It wasn't a dodge. I told that guy to make a statement / point...I am not going to play parent on the internet by answering some idiot's questions about the world. If you have an opinion or point make it, and I'll retort...he refused to make another points (after I demolished the only point he made) so I didn't respond anymore to him. I did go on later to respond to somebody who did actually make a point / statement rather then sit around and ask me to be their daddy.

I told that guy to make a statement / point...

The point is, you're too young and/or ignorant to know about the malaise of Carter's term.
The point is, you're too young and/or ignorant to know about the high inflation of Carter's term.
The point is, you're too young and/or ignorant to know about the high unemployment of Carter's term.
The point is, you're too young and/or ignorant to understand the cause of and reason for the recession during Reagan's first term.

(after I demolished the only point he made)

Right, "Reagan is one of the worst presidents in modern history for that statistic",
because there were 91 million jobs when he took office and 107 million jobs when he left. LOL!

 

[Never3ndr]

I'm not sure what you are referring to when you talk about malaise. However, I am glad you brought up unemployment...since Reagan is one of the worst presidents in modern history for that statistic.

United States Unemployment Rates by President, 1948-2016

Here you can clearly see that unemployment rose, DRASTICALLY under Reagan's policies...it wasn't that he came in with a recession in full swing (like Obama), the recession occurred right in the middle of his first term as president. Again, right wingers refuse to look at basic statistics and facts and would rather dance about happily like a 3-year old girl pretending that Reagan is the princess of their castle.

I'm not sure what you are referring to when you talk about malaise.

How old were you during the Carter presidency?

the recession occurred right in the middle of his first term as president.

And why do you think that recession occurred?

....like a 3-year old girl pretending....

Yes, your projection is noted.

Did you seriously just ask me questions when I pointed out large holes in your one sentence statement? Scared of making more statements that are easily disproved I take it?

WEAK DODGE.

It wasn't a dodge. I told that guy to make a statement / point...I am not going to play parent on the internet by answering some idiot's questions about the world. If you have an opinion or point make it, and I'll retort...he refused to make another points (after I demolished the only point he made) so I didn't respond anymore to him. I did go on later to respond to somebody who did actually make a point / statement rather then sit around and ask me to be their daddy.

I told that guy to make a statement / point...

The point is, you're too young and/or ignorant to know about the malaise of Carter's term.
The point is, you're too young and/or ignorant to know about the high inflation of Carter's term.
The point is, you're too young and/or ignorant to know about the high unemployment of Carter's term.
The point is, you're too young and/or ignorant to understand the cause of and reason for the recession during Reagan's first term.

(after I demolished the only point he made)

Right, "Reagan is one of the worst presidents in modern history for that statistic",
because there were 91 million jobs when he took office and 107 million jobs when he left. LOL!

So you are telling me that in 8 years the population and work force grew? Oh my god, what a stunning revelation! That really proves me wrong there. Man, you sure got me!

Or you are an idiot. I already linked the unemployment rates. Keep trying.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

I'm not sure what you are referring to when you talk about malaise.

How old were you during the Carter presidency?

the recession occurred right in the middle of his first term as president.

And why do you think that recession occurred?

....like a 3-year old girl pretending....

Yes, your projection is noted.

Did you seriously just ask me questions when I pointed out large holes in your one sentence statement? Scared of making more statements that are easily disproved I take it?

WEAK DODGE.

It wasn't a dodge. I told that guy to make a statement / point...I am not going to play parent on the internet by answering some idiot's questions about the world. If you have an opinion or point make it, and I'll retort...he refused to make another points (after I demolished the only point he made) so I didn't respond anymore to him. I did go on later to respond to somebody who did actually make a point / statement rather then sit around and ask me to be their daddy.

You pointed out that a recession occurred during Reagans first term, appearing to blame Reagan for it.

He asked you what you thought the cause of that recession was.

In context, that was a completely reasonable response.

Your pretense that it was not, is not credible.

I told him to make a statement not ask a question. Somebody else commented on Reagan's recession and I address that it was not solely caused by Reagan, although it was undeniably exacerbated by his policies...apparent by going back on his own policy actions. A completely reasonable response would actually have been "I don't think Reagan should be faulted for the recession because of X" Not, "what do you think caused Reagan's recession?" The fact that he's a complete idiot is solidified when I make no response to him and he goes on to assume, like you do, that I either have no knowledge of the recession WHICH I BROUGHT UP or that I don't understand his recession. The fact that you both can make assumptions based off of nothing but your own bias is pretty astounding.

he goes on to assume, like you do, that I either have no knowledge of the recession WHICH I BROUGHT UP or that I don't understand his recession.

Your inability to post the cause was a big hint of your lack of knowledge/understanding.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

I'm not sure what you are referring to when you talk about malaise.

How old were you during the Carter presidency?

the recession occurred right in the middle of his first term as president.

And why do you think that recession occurred?

....like a 3-year old girl pretending....

Yes, your projection is noted.

Did you seriously just ask me questions when I pointed out large holes in your one sentence statement? Scared of making more statements that are easily disproved I take it?

WEAK DODGE.

It wasn't a dodge. I told that guy to make a statement / point...I am not going to play parent on the internet by answering some idiot's questions about the world. If you have an opinion or point make it, and I'll retort...he refused to make another points (after I demolished the only point he made) so I didn't respond anymore to him. I did go on later to respond to somebody who did actually make a point / statement rather then sit around and ask me to be their daddy.

I told that guy to make a statement / point...

The point is, you're too young and/or ignorant to know about the malaise of Carter's term.
The point is, you're too young and/or ignorant to know about the high inflation of Carter's term.
The point is, you're too young and/or ignorant to know about the high unemployment of Carter's term.
The point is, you're too young and/or ignorant to understand the cause of and reason for the recession during Reagan's first term.

(after I demolished the only point he made)

Right, "Reagan is one of the worst presidents in modern history for that statistic",
because there were 91 million jobs when he took office and 107 million jobs when he left. LOL!

So you are telling me that in 8 years the population and work force grew? Oh my god, what a stunning revelation! That really proves me wrong there. Man, you sure got me!

Or you are an idiot. I already linked the unemployment rates. Keep trying.

So you are telling me that in 8 years the population and work force grew?

No, I'm telling you that your claim, "Reagan is one of the worst presidents in modern history for that statistic", is refuted by reality.

I already linked the unemployment rates.

7.5% (with really high inflation) when he took office and 5.4% (with much lower, and falling inflation) when he left office.

Yes, you refuted your own claim. That was great!

 

[Correll]

I'm not sure what you are referring to when you talk about malaise.

How old were you during the Carter presidency?

the recession occurred right in the middle of his first term as president.

And why do you think that recession occurred?

....like a 3-year old girl pretending....

Yes, your projection is noted.

Did you seriously just ask me questions when I pointed out large holes in your one sentence statement? Scared of making more statements that are easily disproved I take it?

WEAK DODGE.

It wasn't a dodge. I told that guy to make a statement / point...I am not going to play parent on the internet by answering some idiot's questions about the world. If you have an opinion or point make it, and I'll retort...he refused to make another points (after I demolished the only point he made) so I didn't respond anymore to him. I did go on later to respond to somebody who did actually make a point / statement rather then sit around and ask me to be their daddy.

You pointed out that a recession occurred during Reagans first term, appearing to blame Reagan for it.

He asked you what you thought the cause of that recession was.

In context, that was a completely reasonable response.

Your pretense that it was not, is not credible.

I told him to make a statement not ask a question. Somebody else commented on Reagan's recession and I address that it was not solely caused by Reagan, although it was undeniably exacerbated by his policies...apparent by going back on his own policy actions. A completely reasonable response would actually have been "I don't think Reagan should be faulted for the recession because of X" Not, "what do you think caused Reagan's recession?" The fact that he's a complete idiot is solidified when I make no response to him and he goes on to assume, like you do, that I either have no knowledge of the recession WHICH I BROUGHT UP or that I don't understand his recession. The fact that you both can make assumptions based off of nothing but your own bias is pretty astounding.

.

Nothing in his question indicated that he thought you did not have a cause in mind for the recession.

He obviously wishs(ed) to move the discussion to that cause.

YOu have derailed and halted discussion on the topic to quibble over a minor point of syntax

 

[Never3ndr]

Did you seriously just ask me questions when I pointed out large holes in your one sentence statement? Scared of making more statements that are easily disproved I take it?

WEAK DODGE.

It wasn't a dodge. I told that guy to make a statement / point...I am not going to play parent on the internet by answering some idiot's questions about the world. If you have an opinion or point make it, and I'll retort...he refused to make another points (after I demolished the only point he made) so I didn't respond anymore to him. I did go on later to respond to somebody who did actually make a point / statement rather then sit around and ask me to be their daddy.

I told that guy to make a statement / point...

The point is, you're too young and/or ignorant to know about the malaise of Carter's term.
The point is, you're too young and/or ignorant to know about the high inflation of Carter's term.
The point is, you're too young and/or ignorant to know about the high unemployment of Carter's term.
The point is, you're too young and/or ignorant to understand the cause of and reason for the recession during Reagan's first term.

(after I demolished the only point he made)

Right, "Reagan is one of the worst presidents in modern history for that statistic",
because there were 91 million jobs when he took office and 107 million jobs when he left. LOL!

So you are telling me that in 8 years the population and work force grew? Oh my god, what a stunning revelation! That really proves me wrong there. Man, you sure got me!

Or you are an idiot. I already linked the unemployment rates. Keep trying.

So you are telling me that in 8 years the population and work force grew?

No, I'm telling you that your claim, "Reagan is one of the worst presidents in modern history for that statistic", is refuted by reality.

I already linked the unemployment rates.

7.5% (with really high inflation) when he took office and 5.4% (with much lower, and falling inflation) when he left office.

Yes, you refuted your own claim. That was great!

Yes, unemployment rates did fall...after he rolled back on his own policies....following the recession which clearly demonstrated that he had no clue what he was doing. Now, I'll give him all the credit in the world for realizing that he was an idiot and cutting back on what he thought was right (but was oh so wrong). However, that doesn't deny the fact that he made some huge mistakes. Again, I've linked the unemployment stats, he's got a much higher average (again, remember that you directly compared him to Carter) than Carter.

Nothing in his question indicated that he thought you did not have a cause in mind for the recession.

He obviously wishs(ed) to move the discussion to that cause.

YOu have derailed and halted discussion on the topic to quibble over a minor point of syntax

I have no qualms with having a debate. However, to do that he has to actually make a point. Not ask me questions lecture style. He keeps asking me about what caused Reagan's recession, but he has yet to finger the reason why himself (hint: use Google and the answer isn't American centric).

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

WEAK DODGE.

It wasn't a dodge. I told that guy to make a statement / point...I am not going to play parent on the internet by answering some idiot's questions about the world. If you have an opinion or point make it, and I'll retort...he refused to make another points (after I demolished the only point he made) so I didn't respond anymore to him. I did go on later to respond to somebody who did actually make a point / statement rather then sit around and ask me to be their daddy.

I told that guy to make a statement / point...

The point is, you're too young and/or ignorant to know about the malaise of Carter's term.
The point is, you're too young and/or ignorant to know about the high inflation of Carter's term.
The point is, you're too young and/or ignorant to know about the high unemployment of Carter's term.
The point is, you're too young and/or ignorant to understand the cause of and reason for the recession during Reagan's first term.

(after I demolished the only point he made)

Right, "Reagan is one of the worst presidents in modern history for that statistic",
because there were 91 million jobs when he took office and 107 million jobs when he left. LOL!

So you are telling me that in 8 years the population and work force grew? Oh my god, what a stunning revelation! That really proves me wrong there. Man, you sure got me!

Or you are an idiot. I already linked the unemployment rates. Keep trying.

So you are telling me that in 8 years the population and work force grew?

No, I'm telling you that your claim, "Reagan is one of the worst presidents in modern history for that statistic", is refuted by reality.

I already linked the unemployment rates.

7.5% (with really high inflation) when he took office and 5.4% (with much lower, and falling inflation) when he left office.

Yes, you refuted your own claim. That was great!

Yes, unemployment rates did fall...after he rolled back on his own policies....following the recession which clearly demonstrated that he had no clue what he was doing. Now, I'll give him all the credit in the world for realizing that he was an idiot and cutting back on what he thought was right (but was oh so wrong). However, that doesn't deny the fact that he made some huge mistakes. Again, I've linked the unemployment stats, he's got a much higher average (again, remember that you directly compared him to Carter) than Carter.

Nothing in his question indicated that he thought you did not have a cause in mind for the recession.

He obviously wishs(ed) to move the discussion to that cause.

YOu have derailed and halted discussion on the topic to quibble over a minor point of syntax

I have no qualms with having a debate. However, to do that he has to actually make a point. Not ask me questions lecture style. He keeps asking me about what caused Reagan's recession, but he has yet to finger the reason why himself (hint: use Google and the answer isn't American centric).

Yes, unemployment rates did fall...after he rolled back on his own policies

Don't cry, here come some questions.......

Which of his policies do you think caused unemployment to rise that he rolled back to cause unemployment to fall?

If you also have the dates they went into and out of effect, that would be great.

 

[francoHFW]

1. Character: Reagan's hands-off leadership style manifested into an inability to control his administration from potentially illegal activities, e.g. the "Iran-Contra" scandal. His "troika," the nickname given to Chief of Staff James Baker, Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver, and Counselor Edwin Meese, made many of Reagan's key administrative decisions for him.
   
   
2. Crime: In a Sep. 28, 1981 speech to the International Chiefs of Police, Reagan claimed that people who commit violent crimes "are not desperate people seeking bread for their families; crime is the way they've chosen to live." This attitude failed to address the stark realities underlying crime, namely the national culture of poverty and discrimination. Violent crime nationwide increased 21% from 1981-1989. The "War on Drugs" wasted billions of dollars and escalated drug-related crime.
   
   
3. Defense: Reagan increased the defense budget for an unprecedented six consecutive years. This spending produced an unsustainable bubble in the defense industry that led to decades of restructuring. By the early 1990s the defense industry had too many factories and too many workers to support with its smaller budgets. For example, in the early 1980s there were 50 large defense suppliers to the US government. By 2004 there were five.
   
   
4. Economy: Reagan pledged during his 1980 campaign for president to balance the federal budget, but never submitted a balanced budget in his eight years in office. In 1981, the deficit was $79 billion and, in 1986, at the peak of his deficit spending, it stood at $221 billion. The federal debt was $994 billion when he took office in 1981 and grew to $2.9 trillion when his second term ended in 1989. Reagan also added more trade barriers than any other president since Hoover in 1930. US imports that were subject to some form of trade restraint increased from 12% in 1980 to 23% in 1988.
   
   
5. Education: In his two terms in office, Reagan slashed federal aid to schools by more than $1 billion, and he cut the Department of Education budget by 19%. One of Reagan's campaign promises was to abolish the Department of Education, which he considered a "bureaucratic boondoggle." After intermittent attempts to fulfill this promise, he gave up in 1983 due to lack of Congressional support.
   
   
   
6. Environment: As a president who said "trees cause more pollution than automobiles do," Reagan issued leases for oil, gas, and coal development on tens of millions of acres of national lands. Reagan's appointee to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Anne Gorsuch, tried to gut the 1972 Clean Water Act, cut EPA funding by 25%, and mismanaged a $1.6 billion program to clean up hazardous waste dumps.
   
   
7. Foreign Policy: Reagan broke his own vows not to make deals with terrorists or states that aided them. In the "Iran-Contra" scandal, Reagan's administration bypassed congressional restrictions on aiding Nicaragua's Contra guerilla fighters, in part by diverting money to them from the sale of missiles to Iran. Reagan also initiated military involvement in Libya, Grenada, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Lebanon.
   
   
8. Health: Reagan almost completely ignored the growing AIDS epidemic. Although the first case of AIDS was discovered in the early 1980s, Reagan never publicly addressed the epidemic until May 31, 1987 when he spoke at an AIDS conference in Washington, DC. By that time, 36,058 Americans had been diagnosed with the disease and 20,849 had died.
   
   
9. Labor: On Aug. 3, 1981, Reagan ordered 12,176 striking air traffic controllers (PATCO) back to their jobs, disregarding the workers' complaints of stress, staff shortages, and outdated equipment. PATCO was one of the few unions that had endorsed Reagan in the 1980 election. Reagan repaid them by giving them only 48 hours to cancel the strike and banning them from federal service for life. The ban was not lifted until 1993 by President Bill Clinton.
   
   
10. Science/Technology: Reagan's over-ambitious space-based laser strategic defensive system, the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or "Star Wars," proved to be too technically complex and expensive to complete. From its inception in 1983 to its demise in 1993, the program cost taxpayers $33 billion dollars.
    
    
11. Social Policy: Reagan believed that widespread freeloading plagued welfare and social programs. As Reagan slashed spending in his first term on programs such as food stamps and subsidized housing, the poverty rate climbed from 12% to 15% and unemployment rose from 7% to 11%.
    
    
12. Taxes: Reagan's "voodoo" economic policy, where tax cuts were believed to somehow generate tax revenues, failed to account for his administration's excessive spending which increased from $591 billion in 1980 to $1.2 trillion in 1990. Reagan both increased and cut taxes. In 1980, middle-income families with children paid 8.2% in income taxes and 9.5% in payroll taxes. By 1988 their income tax was down to 6.6%, but payroll tax was up to 11.8%, a combined increase in taxes. Reagan pushed through Social Security tax increases of $165 billion over seven years.
    
    
13. Other: Reagan opposed many important civil rights measures that further alienated him and the Republican Party from African-Americans. On Mar. 16, 1988, Reagan vetoed the Civil Rights Restoration Act. He was opposed to extending provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. He initially opposed making Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a national holiday. He was also loyal to apartheid South Africa, considering that country a friend and ally.

Side notes.

Ronald Reagan's economic advisor was Milton Friedman, the creator of the economic philosophy that says that there is no such a thing as a free lunch.
Technically that is true, however that doesn't pay the bill, or absolve society of its responsibilities to the country.
And his economics have been responsible for almost every single economic downturn in recent American political history.
Milton Friedman is amongst the worst economists ever, right along side the French economist that created "Laissez Faire".

Hilarious. Let's pick one.

"Science/Technology: Reagan's over-ambitious space-based laser strategic defensive system, the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or "Star Wars," proved to be too technically complex and expensive to complete. From its inception in 1983 to its demise in 1993, the program cost taxpayers $33 billion dollars."

Guess what we can do now - shoot down incoming missiles, thanks to the learning lessons of SDI.

Every one of your points is a lie.

Not ICBMs, and not a Star Wars system. NEVER WORKED.

1. Character: Reagan's hands-off leadership style manifested into an inability to control his administration from potentially illegal activities, e.g. the "Iran-Contra" scandal. His "troika," the nickname given to Chief of Staff James Baker, Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver, and Counselor Edwin Meese, made many of Reagan's key administrative decisions for him.
   
   
2. Crime: In a Sep. 28, 1981 speech to the International Chiefs of Police, Reagan claimed that people who commit violent crimes "are not desperate people seeking bread for their families; crime is the way they've chosen to live." This attitude failed to address the stark realities underlying crime, namely the national culture of poverty and discrimination. Violent crime nationwide increased 21% from 1981-1989. The "War on Drugs" wasted billions of dollars and escalated drug-related crime.
   
   
3. Defense: Reagan increased the defense budget for an unprecedented six consecutive years. This spending produced an unsustainable bubble in the defense industry that led to decades of restructuring. By the early 1990s the defense industry had too many factories and too many workers to support with its smaller budgets. For example, in the early 1980s there were 50 large defense suppliers to the US government. By 2004 there were five.
   
   
4. Economy: Reagan pledged during his 1980 campaign for president to balance the federal budget, but never submitted a balanced budget in his eight years in office. In 1981, the deficit was $79 billion and, in 1986, at the peak of his deficit spending, it stood at $221 billion. The federal debt was $994 billion when he took office in 1981 and grew to $2.9 trillion when his second term ended in 1989. Reagan also added more trade barriers than any other president since Hoover in 1930. US imports that were subject to some form of trade restraint increased from 12% in 1980 to 23% in 1988.
   
   
5. Education: In his two terms in office, Reagan slashed federal aid to schools by more than $1 billion, and he cut the Department of Education budget by 19%. One of Reagan's campaign promises was to abolish the Department of Education, which he considered a "bureaucratic boondoggle." After intermittent attempts to fulfill this promise, he gave up in 1983 due to lack of Congressional support.
   
   
   
6. Environment: As a president who said "trees cause more pollution than automobiles do," Reagan issued leases for oil, gas, and coal development on tens of millions of acres of national lands. Reagan's appointee to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Anne Gorsuch, tried to gut the 1972 Clean Water Act, cut EPA funding by 25%, and mismanaged a $1.6 billion program to clean up hazardous waste dumps.
   
   
7. Foreign Policy: Reagan broke his own vows not to make deals with terrorists or states that aided them. In the "Iran-Contra" scandal, Reagan's administration bypassed congressional restrictions on aiding Nicaragua's Contra guerilla fighters, in part by diverting money to them from the sale of missiles to Iran. Reagan also initiated military involvement in Libya, Grenada, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Lebanon.
   
   
8. Health: Reagan almost completely ignored the growing AIDS epidemic. Although the first case of AIDS was discovered in the early 1980s, Reagan never publicly addressed the epidemic until May 31, 1987 when he spoke at an AIDS conference in Washington, DC. By that time, 36,058 Americans had been diagnosed with the disease and 20,849 had died.
   
   
9. Labor: On Aug. 3, 1981, Reagan ordered 12,176 striking air traffic controllers (PATCO) back to their jobs, disregarding the workers' complaints of stress, staff shortages, and outdated equipment. PATCO was one of the few unions that had endorsed Reagan in the 1980 election. Reagan repaid them by giving them only 48 hours to cancel the strike and banning them from federal service for life. The ban was not lifted until 1993 by President Bill Clinton.
   
   
10. Science/Technology: Reagan's over-ambitious space-based laser strategic defensive system, the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or "Star Wars," proved to be too technically complex and expensive to complete. From its inception in 1983 to its demise in 1993, the program cost taxpayers $33 billion dollars.
    
    
11. Social Policy: Reagan believed that widespread freeloading plagued welfare and social programs. As Reagan slashed spending in his first term on programs such as food stamps and subsidized housing, the poverty rate climbed from 12% to 15% and unemployment rose from 7% to 11%.
    
    
12. Taxes: Reagan's "voodoo" economic policy, where tax cuts were believed to somehow generate tax revenues, failed to account for his administration's excessive spending which increased from $591 billion in 1980 to $1.2 trillion in 1990. Reagan both increased and cut taxes. In 1980, middle-income families with children paid 8.2% in income taxes and 9.5% in payroll taxes. By 1988 their income tax was down to 6.6%, but payroll tax was up to 11.8%, a combined increase in taxes. Reagan pushed through Social Security tax increases of $165 billion over seven years.
    
    
13. Other: Reagan opposed many important civil rights measures that further alienated him and the Republican Party from African-Americans. On Mar. 16, 1988, Reagan vetoed the Civil Rights Restoration Act. He was opposed to extending provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. He initially opposed making Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a national holiday. He was also loyal to apartheid South Africa, considering that country a friend and ally.

Side notes.

Ronald Reagan's economic advisor was Milton Friedman, the creator of the economic philosophy that says that there is no such a thing as a free lunch.
Technically that is true, however that doesn't pay the bill, or absolve society of its responsibilities to the country.
And his economics have been responsible for almost every single economic downturn in recent American political history.
Milton Friedman is amongst the worst economists ever, right along side the French economist that created "Laissez Faire".

Hilarious. Let's pick one.

"Science/Technology: Reagan's over-ambitious space-based laser strategic defensive system, the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or "Star Wars," proved to be too technically complex and expensive to complete. From its inception in 1983 to its demise in 1993, the program cost taxpayers $33 billion dollars."

Guess what we can do now - shoot down incoming missiles, thanks to the learning lessons of SDI.

Every one of your points is a lie.

Not ICBMs, and not a Star Wars system. NEVER WORKED.

Again you display your ignorance. Origin of an incoming missile is irrelevant. Shooting it down is. And we and Israel do it. As well as shooting down satellites.

BS. Star Wars (SDI) was laser based and only for ICBMs. What we and the Israelis have is NEITHER, and started by Clinton. RW brainwashed, ignorant, functional idiot.
Strategic Defense Initiative - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And thanks for reminding us. Thanks to the knowledge gained thru SDI the US Navy is now deploying laser weapon systems on ships.

Watch The U.S. Navy’s New Laser Weapon Take Out Two Ships

What a joke...Still experimental BS....those are little ski-boats with a black plastic target lol.

 

[francoHFW]

Daily Caller- totally FOS as always, for total dupes ONLY.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Hilarious. Let's pick one.

"Science/Technology: Reagan's over-ambitious space-based laser strategic defensive system, the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or "Star Wars," proved to be too technically complex and expensive to complete. From its inception in 1983 to its demise in 1993, the program cost taxpayers $33 billion dollars."

Guess what we can do now - shoot down incoming missiles, thanks to the learning lessons of SDI.

Every one of your points is a lie.

Not ICBMs, and not a Star Wars system. NEVER WORKED.

Hilarious. Let's pick one.

"Science/Technology: Reagan's over-ambitious space-based laser strategic defensive system, the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or "Star Wars," proved to be too technically complex and expensive to complete. From its inception in 1983 to its demise in 1993, the program cost taxpayers $33 billion dollars."

Guess what we can do now - shoot down incoming missiles, thanks to the learning lessons of SDI.

Every one of your points is a lie.

Not ICBMs, and not a Star Wars system. NEVER WORKED.

Again you display your ignorance. Origin of an incoming missile is irrelevant. Shooting it down is. And we and Israel do it. As well as shooting down satellites.

BS. Star Wars (SDI) was laser based and only for ICBMs. What we and the Israelis have is NEITHER, and started by Clinton. RW brainwashed, ignorant, functional idiot.
Strategic Defense Initiative - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And thanks for reminding us. Thanks to the knowledge gained thru SDI the US Navy is now deploying laser weapon systems on ships.

Watch The U.S. Navy’s New Laser Weapon Take Out Two Ships

What a joke...Still experimental BS....those are little ski-boats with a black plastic target lol.

Poor little pointy headed Progressive will never forgive Reagan for beating his home team, the USSR

 

[Weatherman2020]

Hilarious. Let's pick one.

"Science/Technology: Reagan's over-ambitious space-based laser strategic defensive system, the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or "Star Wars," proved to be too technically complex and expensive to complete. From its inception in 1983 to its demise in 1993, the program cost taxpayers $33 billion dollars."

Guess what we can do now - shoot down incoming missiles, thanks to the learning lessons of SDI.

Every one of your points is a lie.

Not ICBMs, and not a Star Wars system. NEVER WORKED.

Hilarious. Let's pick one.

"Science/Technology: Reagan's over-ambitious space-based laser strategic defensive system, the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or "Star Wars," proved to be too technically complex and expensive to complete. From its inception in 1983 to its demise in 1993, the program cost taxpayers $33 billion dollars."

Guess what we can do now - shoot down incoming missiles, thanks to the learning lessons of SDI.

Every one of your points is a lie.

Not ICBMs, and not a Star Wars system. NEVER WORKED.

Again you display your ignorance. Origin of an incoming missile is irrelevant. Shooting it down is. And we and Israel do it. As well as shooting down satellites.

BS. Star Wars (SDI) was laser based and only for ICBMs. What we and the Israelis have is NEITHER, and started by Clinton. RW brainwashed, ignorant, functional idiot.
Strategic Defense Initiative - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And thanks for reminding us. Thanks to the knowledge gained thru SDI the US Navy is now deploying laser weapon systems on ships.

Watch The U.S. Navy’s New Laser Weapon Take Out Two Ships

What a joke...Still experimental BS....those are little ski-boats with a black plastic target lol.

What a total loser. Reagan just made you kiss his ass again.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Not ICBMs, and not a Star Wars system. NEVER WORKED.

Not ICBMs, and not a Star Wars system. NEVER WORKED.

Again you display your ignorance. Origin of an incoming missile is irrelevant. Shooting it down is. And we and Israel do it. As well as shooting down satellites.

BS. Star Wars (SDI) was laser based and only for ICBMs. What we and the Israelis have is NEITHER, and started by Clinton. RW brainwashed, ignorant, functional idiot.
Strategic Defense Initiative - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And thanks for reminding us. Thanks to the knowledge gained thru SDI the US Navy is now deploying laser weapon systems on ships.

Watch The U.S. Navy’s New Laser Weapon Take Out Two Ships

What a joke...Still experimental BS....those are little ski-boats with a black plastic target lol.

What a total loser. Reagan just made you kiss his ass again.

It worked, but they still won't credit Reagan

 

[francoHFW]

Not ICBMs, and not a Star Wars system. NEVER WORKED.

Not ICBMs, and not a Star Wars system. NEVER WORKED.

Again you display your ignorance. Origin of an incoming missile is irrelevant. Shooting it down is. And we and Israel do it. As well as shooting down satellites.

BS. Star Wars (SDI) was laser based and only for ICBMs. What we and the Israelis have is NEITHER, and started by Clinton. RW brainwashed, ignorant, functional idiot.
Strategic Defense Initiative - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And thanks for reminding us. Thanks to the knowledge gained thru SDI the US Navy is now deploying laser weapon systems on ships.

Watch The U.S. Navy’s New Laser Weapon Take Out Two Ships

What a joke...Still experimental BS....those are little ski-boats with a black plastic target lol.

Poor little pointy headed Progressive will never forgive Reagan for beating his home team, the USSR

Never happened except on the Pub Dupe Propaganda Machine. Gorby did it- we're lucky Raygun's idiotic bluster didn't bring back the hardliners.

Yeah great, Star War lasers only cost 33 billion just under Raygun and now we can blow up BLACK plastic targets on clear days from under 200 ft lol ("take out 2 ships LOL).. RW IDIOCY. And that's how he destroyed the USSR. Only on Fox etc etc etc. Brainwashed functional morons.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Again you display your ignorance. Origin of an incoming missile is irrelevant. Shooting it down is. And we and Israel do it. As well as shooting down satellites.

BS. Star Wars (SDI) was laser based and only for ICBMs. What we and the Israelis have is NEITHER, and started by Clinton. RW brainwashed, ignorant, functional idiot.
Strategic Defense Initiative - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And thanks for reminding us. Thanks to the knowledge gained thru SDI the US Navy is now deploying laser weapon systems on ships.

Watch The U.S. Navy’s New Laser Weapon Take Out Two Ships

What a joke...Still experimental BS....those are little ski-boats with a black plastic target lol.

Poor little pointy headed Progressive will never forgive Reagan for beating his home team, the USSR

Never happened except on the Pub Dupe Propaganda Machine. Gorby did it- we're lucky Raygun's idiotic bluster didn't bring back the hardliners.

Yeah great, Star War lasers only cost 33 billion just under Raygun and now we can blow up BLACK plastic targets on clear days from under 200 ft lol ("take out 2 ships LOL).. RW IDIOCY. And that's how he destroyed the USSR. Only on Fox etc etc etc. Brainwashed functional morons.

Army, Navy, Air Force all are shooting down missiles with lasers.
Evil Soviet Empire is no more.
Thank God for Ronald Reagan.

 

[francoHFW]

BS. Star Wars (SDI) was laser based and only for ICBMs. What we and the Israelis have is NEITHER, and started by Clinton. RW brainwashed, ignorant, functional idiot.
Strategic Defense Initiative - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And thanks for reminding us. Thanks to the knowledge gained thru SDI the US Navy is now deploying laser weapon systems on ships.

Watch The U.S. Navy’s New Laser Weapon Take Out Two Ships

What a joke...Still experimental BS....those are little ski-boats with a black plastic target lol.

Poor little pointy headed Progressive will never forgive Reagan for beating his home team, the USSR

Never happened except on the Pub Dupe Propaganda Machine. Gorby did it- we're lucky Raygun's idiotic bluster didn't bring back the hardliners.

Yeah great, Star War lasers only cost 33 billion just under Raygun and now we can blow up BLACK plastic targets on clear days from under 200 ft lol ("take out 2 ships LOL).. RW IDIOCY. And that's how he destroyed the USSR. Only on Fox etc etc etc. Brainwashed functional morons.

Army, Navy, Air Force all are shooting down missiles with lasers.
Evil Soviet Empire is no more.
Thank God for Ronald Reagan.

There are no working laser systems, brainwashed functional moron.

 

[Weatherman2020]

And thanks for reminding us. Thanks to the knowledge gained thru SDI the US Navy is now deploying laser weapon systems on ships.

Watch The U.S. Navy’s New Laser Weapon Take Out Two Ships

What a joke...Still experimental BS....those are little ski-boats with a black plastic target lol.

Poor little pointy headed Progressive will never forgive Reagan for beating his home team, the USSR

Never happened except on the Pub Dupe Propaganda Machine. Gorby did it- we're lucky Raygun's idiotic bluster didn't bring back the hardliners.

Yeah great, Star War lasers only cost 33 billion just under Raygun and now we can blow up BLACK plastic targets on clear days from under 200 ft lol ("take out 2 ships LOL).. RW IDIOCY. And that's how he destroyed the USSR. Only on Fox etc etc etc. Brainwashed functional morons.

Army, Navy, Air Force all are shooting down missiles with lasers.
Evil Soviet Empire is no more.
Thank God for Ronald Reagan.

There are no working laser systems, brainwashed functional moron.

Ronnie RayGun says kiss my ass again.

Star Wars Era to come: US Air Force to employ laser cannons on jets by 2030

 

[francoHFW]

What a joke...Still experimental BS....those are little ski-boats with a black plastic target lol.

Poor little pointy headed Progressive will never forgive Reagan for beating his home team, the USSR

Never happened except on the Pub Dupe Propaganda Machine. Gorby did it- we're lucky Raygun's idiotic bluster didn't bring back the hardliners.

Yeah great, Star War lasers only cost 33 billion just under Raygun and now we can blow up BLACK plastic targets on clear days from under 200 ft lol ("take out 2 ships LOL).. RW IDIOCY. And that's how he destroyed the USSR. Only on Fox etc etc etc. Brainwashed functional morons.

Army, Navy, Air Force all are shooting down missiles with lasers.
Evil Soviet Empire is no more.
Thank God for Ronald Reagan.

There are no working laser systems, brainwashed functional moron.

Ronnie RayGun says kiss my ass again.

Star Wars Era to come: US Air Force to employ laser cannons on jets by 2030

They said ten years back in the 80's. At least you've stopped lying lol...

 

[francoHFW]

Actually, you've at least stopped parroting lies for a second. Congrats.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Poor little pointy headed Progressive will never forgive Reagan for beating his home team, the USSR

Never happened except on the Pub Dupe Propaganda Machine. Gorby did it- we're lucky Raygun's idiotic bluster didn't bring back the hardliners.

Yeah great, Star War lasers only cost 33 billion just under Raygun and now we can blow up BLACK plastic targets on clear days from under 200 ft lol ("take out 2 ships LOL).. RW IDIOCY. And that's how he destroyed the USSR. Only on Fox etc etc etc. Brainwashed functional morons.

Army, Navy, Air Force all are shooting down missiles with lasers.
Evil Soviet Empire is no more.
Thank God for Ronald Reagan.

There are no working laser systems, brainwashed functional moron.

Ronnie RayGun says kiss my ass again.

Star Wars Era to come: US Air Force to employ laser cannons on jets by 2030

They said ten years back in the 80's. At least you've stopped lying lol...

Poor progressive baby. Reagan destroyed your Leftard utopia and you can't sleep anymore.

Reagan moved the future forward, laser weapon systems will soon be the norm.

 

[francoHFW]

BS. Star Wars (SDI) was laser based and only for ICBMs. What we and the Israelis have is NEITHER, and started by Clinton. RW brainwashed, ignorant, functional idiot.
Strategic Defense Initiative - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And thanks for reminding us. Thanks to the knowledge gained thru SDI the US Navy is now deploying laser weapon systems on ships.

Watch The U.S. Navy’s New Laser Weapon Take Out Two Ships

What a joke...Still experimental BS....those are little ski-boats with a black plastic target lol.

Poor little pointy headed Progressive will never forgive Reagan for beating his home team, the USSR

Never happened except on the Pub Dupe Propaganda Machine. Gorby did it- we're lucky Raygun's idiotic bluster didn't bring back the hardliners.

Yeah great, Star War lasers only cost 33 billion just under Raygun and now we can blow up BLACK plastic targets on clear days from under 200 ft lol ("take out 2 ships LOL).. RW IDIOCY. And that's how he destroyed the USSR. Only on Fox etc etc etc. Brainwashed functional morons.

Army, Navy, Air Force all are shooting down missiles with lasers.
Evil Soviet Empire is no more.
Thank God for Ronald Reagan.

Total bs, ignoramus.