Why Do Progressives Hate Reagan?

[Moonglow]

Liberals hate success and worship failure.
Look how much love they have for euro-sclerotic places like Denmark and Sweden, that are being taken over by Muslims. Or failed ideologues like Castro and Che.
They hate success. Ergo they hate Reagan. Because he proved liberalism is a lie.

Couldn't have stated better myself.

I love success. You fail.

Whenever you want to compare portfolios.....shoot me a PM.

Fuck you AND your bullshit portfolio asshole. I can see you living in a trailer outside Denton. Motherfuckers that talk about their wealth, usually don't have two nickels to rub together.

Awwww...your jealous. How precious.

Nope. Never had any desire to live in a double wide.

Wouldn't that make a person twice the trailer trash of regular trailer trash?

 

[Luddly Neddite]

I realize that the last thing Frankie wants is facts but -

10 Things Conservatives Don t Want You To Know About Ronald Reagan ThinkProgress

1. Reagan was a serial tax raiser. As governor of California, Reagan “signed into law the largest tax increase in the history of any state up till then.” Meanwhile, state spending nearly doubled. As president, Reagan “raised taxes in seven of his eight years in office,” including four times in just two years. As former GOP Senator Alan Simpson, who called Reagan “a dear friend,” told NPR, “Ronald Reagan raised taxes 11 times in his administration — I was there.” “Reagan was never afraid to raise taxes,” said historian Douglas Brinkley, who edited Reagan’s memoir. Reagan the anti-tax zealot is “false mythology,” Brinkley said.

2. Reagan nearly tripled the federal budget deficit. During the Reagan years, the debt increased to nearly $3 trillion, “roughly three times as much as the first 80 years of the century had done altogether.” Reagan enacted a major tax cut his first year in office and government revenue dropped off precipitously. Despite the conservative myth that tax cuts somehow increase revenue, the government went deeper into debt and Reagan had to raise taxes just a year after he enacted his tax cut. Despite ten more tax hikes on everything from gasoline to corporate income, Reagan was never able to get the deficit under control.

3. Unemployment soared after Reagan’s 1981 tax cuts. Unemployment jumped to 10.8 percent after Reagan enacted his much-touted tax cut, and it took years for the rate to get back down to its previous level. Meanwhile, income inequality exploded. Despite the myth that Reagan presided over an era of unmatched economic boom for all Americans, Reagan disproportionately taxed the poor and middle class, but the economic growth of the 1980′s did little help them. “Since 1980, median household income has risen only 30 percent, adjusted for inflation, while average incomes at the top have tripled or quadrupled,” the New York Times’ David Leonhardt noted.

4. Reagan grew the size of the federal government tremendously. Reagan promised “to move boldly, decisively, and quickly to control the runaway growth of federal spending,” but federal spending “ballooned” under Reagan. He bailed out Social Security in 1983 after attempting to privatize it, and set up a progressive taxation system to keep it funded into the future. He promised to cut government agencies like the Department of Energy and Education but ended up adding one of the largest — the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, which today has a budget of nearly $90 billion and close to 300,000 employees. He also hiked defense spending by over $100 billion a year to a level not seen since the height of the Vietnam war.

5. Reagan did little to fight a woman’s right to choose. As governor of California in 1967, Reagan signed a bill to liberalize the state’s abortion laws that “resulted in more than a million abortions.” When Reagan ran for president, he advocated a constitutional amendment that would have prohibited all abortions except when necessary to save the life of the mother, but once in office, he “never seriously pursued” curbing choice.

6. Reagan was a “bellicose peacenik.” He wrote in his memoirs that “[m]y dream…became a world free of nuclear weapons.” “This vision stemmed from the president’s belief that the biblical account of Armageddon prophesied nuclear war — and that apocalypse could be averted if everyone, especially the Soviets, eliminated nuclear weapons,” the Washington Monthly noted. And Reagan’s military buildup was meant to crush the Soviet Union, but “also to put the United States in a stronger position from which to establish effective arms control” for the the entire world — a vision acted out by Regean’s vice president, George H.W. Bush, when he became president.

7. Reagan gave amnesty to 3 million undocumented immigrants. Reagan signed into law a bill that made any immigrant who had entered the country before 1982 eligible for amnesty. The bill was sold as a crackdown, but its tough sanctions on employers who hired undocumented immigrants were removed before final passage. The bill helped 3 million people and millions more family members gain American residency. It has since become a source of major embarrassment for conservatives.

8. Reagan illegally funneled weapons to Iran. Reagan and other senior U.S. officials secretly sold arms to officials in Iran, which was subject to a an arms embargo at the time, in exchange for American hostages. Some funds from the illegal arms sales also went to fund anti-Communist rebels in Nicaragua — something Congress had already prohibited the administration from doing. When the deals went public, the Iran-Contra Affair, as it came to be know, was an enormous political scandal that forced several senior administration officials to resign.

9. Reagan vetoed a comprehensive anti-Apartheid act. which placed sanctions on South Africa and cut off all American trade with the country. Reagan’s veto was overridden by the Republican-controlled Senate. Reagan responded by saying “I deeply regret that Congress has seen fit to override my veto,” saying that the law “will not solve the serious problems that plague that country.”

10. Reagan helped create the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden. Reagan fought a proxy war with the Soviet Union by training, arming, equipping, and funding Islamist mujahidin fighters in Afghanistan. Reagan funneled billions of dollars, along with top-secret intelligence and sophisticated weaponry to these fighters through the Pakistani intelligence service. The Talbian and Osama Bin Laden — a prominent mujahidin commander — emerged from these mujahidin groups Reagan helped create, and U.S. policy towards Pakistan remains strained because of the intelligence services’ close relations to these fighters. In fact, Reagan’s decision to continue the proxy war after the Soviets were willing to retreat played a direct role in Bin Laden’s ascendancy.

 

[Wry Catcher]

iran-contra is a start.

but i have less of a problem with reagan and more a problem with those willing to rewrite history in the adulation of him.

So, you had a problem with Reagan trading weapons for the release of hostages - but you bear no ill will for Barry's lack of action that resulted in two reporters having their heads detached from their bodies. Bullshit. Then, you have no trouble with your president (that term still cracks me up) Obama having no clue about ISIS (why the hell does he call it ISIL - honoring them?) for over a year? Bullshit.

Ronald Reagn was the modern day version of George Washington - and it galls the hell out of you pussies.

Reagan's inaction caused the death by terrorist of hundreds of Americans by terrorist. Many killed in far more brutal fashion that a quick beheading.

I absolutely agree. It's completely alright that an American citizen was held for two years in captivity by terrorists overseas, and then eventually beheaded--after all, it's only one white manpig. Who cares?

Wrong Old Raygun, though, caused the deaths of hundreds. That's clearly evil and wrong, and Raygun should be forever demonized for it. Why can't you conservatards see that?

And old dumbass Barry stood by and watched while an American Ambassador and his security detail were murdered in Benghazi. Of course, it was only a few "expendables" wasn't it? What a fucking idiot....of course, we won't demonize old barry the half-breed, will we??

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Terrorist Bombing Of The Marine Barracks Beirut Lebanon

The roots of Terrorism and Reagan cut an ran.

 

[LiberalMedia]

iran-contra is a start.

but i have less of a problem with reagan and more a problem with those willing to rewrite history in the adulation of him.

So, you had a problem with Reagan trading weapons for the release of hostages - but you bear no ill will for Barry's lack of action that resulted in two reporters having their heads detached from their bodies. Bullshit. Then, you have no trouble with your president (that term still cracks me up) Obama having no clue about ISIS (why the hell does he call it ISIL - honoring them?) for over a year? Bullshit.

Ronald Reagn was the modern day version of George Washington - and it galls the hell out of you pussies.

Reagan's inaction caused the death by terrorist of hundreds of Americans by terrorist. Many killed in far more brutal fashion that a quick beheading.

I absolutely agree. It's completely alright that an American citizen was held for two years in captivity by terrorists overseas, and then eventually beheaded--after all, it's only one white manpig. Who cares?

Wrong Old Raygun, though, caused the deaths of hundreds. That's clearly evil and wrong, and Raygun should be forever demonized for it. Why can't you conservatards see that?

And old dumbass Barry stood by and watched while an American Ambassador and his security detail were murdered in Benghazi. Of course, it was only a few "expendables" wasn't it? What a fucking idiot....of course, we won't demonize old barry the half-breed, will we??

Again, only four white manpigs lost. As you noted, that demographic is completely expendable.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Oh NOES!! More facts -
Ronald Reagan Myth Doesn t Square with Reality - CBS News

Oh DANG!! And MORE facts -
Judging Reagan s legacy The Gipper meets the Truth-O-Meter PolitiFact

 

[Luddly Neddite]

 

[Moonglow]

Liberals hate success and worship failure.
Look how much love they have for euro-sclerotic places like Denmark and Sweden, that are being taken over by Muslims. Or failed ideologues like Castro and Che.
They hate success. Ergo they hate Reagan. Because he proved liberalism is a lie.

Couldn't have stated better myself.

I love success. You fail.

Whenever you want to compare portfolios.....shoot me a PM.

Fuck you AND your bullshit portfolio asshole. I can see you living in a trailer outside Denton. Motherfuckers that talk about their wealth, usually don't have two nickels to rub together.

Awwww...your jealous. How precious.

Nope. Never had any desire to live in a double wide.

 

[Mr Natural]

Because he was an actor playing a part and basically full of shit.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

 

[Moonglow]

Oh Saint Reagan when we need a president who sleeps through his second term and let's Cheney run the nation...

 

[Luddly Neddite]

 

[Luddly Neddite]

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Meanwhile, the right hates this guy who, btw, never got us into a stupid damn, completely un-winnable and endless war.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

As bad as Reagan was, he did get one thing right.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Oh Saint Reagan when we need a president who sleeps through his second term and let's Cheney run the nation...

The old fart spent his presidency on vacation but he still managed to damn near wreck the country.

 

[Uncensored2008]

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Because the man is a traitor to America. He committed treason when he sold arms, spare parts and technology to the terrorists who were holding American citizens as hostages.

There is spittle all over your screen, Comrade.

{Section. 3.
Clause 1: Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

Clause 2: The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted. }

Standard Disclaimer: I know it isn't fair, the Constitution on a leftist is like salt on a slug - you can hear Dana screaming "IT BURNS"

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Okay, so can anyone come up with anything he did right?

I mean besides the wishful thinking fiction of the poll. I mean FACTS.

And, while his long vacations were good for the country because he wasn't busy making even more mistakes, no fair using that.

Anyone?

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Oh yeah, almost forgot: Ronnie RayGun turned the US into a debtor nation.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Why Do Progressives Hate Reagan?

This fails as a straw man fallacy.