Why does everyone love Reagan so much?

[nuhuh]

They love him so much that statute was vandalized when someone cut off his arm.

total liberal idiot!!!!

I had nothing to do with it moron if it was me I would have cut off that statue's head.

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

The Soviets caused their own downfall

yes and the Red Chinese too!! It had nothing to do with Republicans teaching them about freedom and capitalism!
Without Republicans there was no alternative!!
I guess its just coincidence it happened under Reagan and not FDR??

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

You are accusing FDR of starting a global depression four years before he became President.

Roosevelt was just a continuation of Hoover that extended the Depression another 12 years into a world war that killed 60 million. The worst record in American History by far!!

****Here's what Henry Morgenthau, FDR's Secretary of the Treasury (the man who desperately needed the New Deal to succeed as much as Roosevelt) said about the New Deal stimulus: "We have tried spending money.We are spending more than we ever have spent before and it does not work... We have never made good on our promises...I say after eight years of this administration we have just as much unemployment as when we started... And an enormous debt to boot!"


"The New Republic"( at the time a FDR greatest supporter") noted. In June 1939, the federal public works programs still supported almost 19 million people, nearly 15% of the population" [page 313]

In fact in 1939, unemployment was at 17%, and there were 11 million additional in stimulus make work welfare jobs. Today when the population is 2.5 times greater we have only 8 million unemployed. Conclusion: legislation to make Democrats illegal
is urgently needed

My question is why do conservatives love Ronald Reagan when he was more liberal than than Hillary Clinton?
His average approval rating over an 8 year period was 52.8% Lower than Lyndon Johnson, lower than GHWB, lower than Bill Clinton.
He raised taxes in 1982,1983,1984,1985,1986 and 1987.
Spending grew by 2.5% a year.
The national debt when he took office was $700 billion and when he left it was $3 Trillion.
When Reagan was inaugurated the number of federal employees was 2.8 million and when he left it was 3 million.
When Reagan ran for president, he promised to get rid of two agencies the Department of Energy and the Department of Education - he didn't and added a new one the Department of Veteran Affairs.

Wow, what a resume and the right has the temerity to quibble over Obama?

He raised taxes in 1982,1983,1984,1985,1986 and 1987

Raised them all the way from 70% up to 28%.

 

[nuhuh]

The Soviets caused their own downfall

yes and the Red Chinese too!! It had nothing to do with Republicans teaching them about freedom and capitalism!
Without Republicans there was no alternative!!
I guess its just coincidence it happened under Reagan and not FDR??

One thing I've learned is that Republicans have no grasp about fiscal matters as evident. The Republicans have little regard for freedom or Capitalism as shown by their need to waterboard, spy and detain people or their complete lack of fiscal management skills while in charge of the budget.

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

. One system counted the workers on relief as employed.

100% stupid and liberal of course. If on relief meant employed we would never have to worry about unemployment again.

Do you have the IQ to understand?

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

The Republicans have little regard for freedom or Capitalism as shown by their need to waterboard,.

OMG 100000% stupid and liberal since freedom and capitalism refer to economic matters, not military interrogation matters

 

[nuhuh]

You are accusing FDR of starting a global depression four years before he became President.

Roosevelt was just a continuation of Hoover that extended the Depression another 12 years into a world war that killed 60 million. The worst record in American History by far!!

****Here's what Henry Morgenthau, FDR's Secretary of the Treasury (the man who desperately needed the New Deal to succeed as much as Roosevelt) said about the New Deal stimulus: "We have tried spending money.We are spending more than we ever have spent before and it does not work... We have never made good on our promises...I say after eight years of this administration we have just as much unemployment as when we started... And an enormous debt to boot!"


"The New Republic"( at the time a FDR greatest supporter") noted. In June 1939, the federal public works programs still supported almost 19 million people, nearly 15% of the population" [page 313]

In fact in 1939, unemployment was at 17%, and there were 11 million additional in stimulus make work welfare jobs. Today when the population is 2.5 times greater we have only 8 million unemployed. Conclusion: legislation to make Democrats illegal
is urgently needed

My question is why do conservatives love Ronald Reagan when he was more liberal than than Hillary Clinton?
His average approval rating over an 8 year period was 52.8% Lower than Lyndon Johnson, lower than GHWB, lower than Bill Clinton.
He raised taxes in 1982,1983,1984,1985,1986 and 1987.
Spending grew by 2.5% a year.
The national debt when he took office was $700 billion and when he left it was $3 Trillion.
When Reagan was inaugurated the number of federal employees was 2.8 million and when he left it was 3 million.
When Reagan ran for president, he promised to get rid of two agencies the Department of Energy and the Department of Education - he didn't and added a new one the Department of Veteran Affairs.

Wow, what a resume and the right has the temerity to quibble over Obama?

He raised taxes in 1982,1983,1984,1985,1986 and 1987

Raised them all the way from 70% up to 28%.

Yes he did and the budget deficit became so alarming he had to raise taxes. How are those tax cuts now? GHWB couldn't raise taxes to try and resolve the budget in fact he lost his job over it. If Reagan had balanced the books like he should have we wouldn't have half the problems we have today.

 

[nuhuh]

The Republicans have little regard for freedom or Capitalism as shown by their need to waterboard,.

OMG 100000% stupid and liberal since freedom and capitalism refer to economic matters, not military interrogation matters

No, those things correspond to freedom, the lack of fiscal responsibility belongs to those that mismanaged it and to those who put them in office.

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

If Reagan had balanced the books like he should have we wouldn't have half the problems we have today.

dear, Republicans have tried 30 times since Jefferson's first effort to make imbalanced books illegal. Democrats have killed each effort and made no such effort themselves.

Welcome to your first lesson in American history!!

 

[Camp]

. One system counted the workers on relief as employed.

100% stupid and liberal of course. If on relief meant employed we would never have to worry about unemployment again.

Do you have the IQ to understand?

You are cooking the books, plain and simple. The people who built the TVA dams were receiving full pay checks. All the folks working on those projects were receiving full pay checks. The checks came directly or indirectly from the government, hence, relief. Now explain how a person working every day for eight or ten hours a day and receiving a pay check for the work is unemployed?
For a guy who constantly insults others about intelligence you seem to be one stupid jerk. The Lebergott vs Darby methods of calculating unemployment have been explained to you before. You are either playing stupid or are really to stupid to comprehend the methods and what they mean. Look up Lebergott vs Darby and quit being such a pest and nuisance. Don't pretend to have academic debating skills and scholastic abilities and behave like a person with a even a GED.

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

The Republicans have little regard for freedom or Capitalism as shown by their need to waterboard,.

OMG 100000% stupid and liberal since freedom and capitalism refer to economic matters, not military interrogation matters

No, those things correspond to freedom, the lack of fiscal responsibility belongs to those that mismanaged it and to those who put them in office.

The Republicans have little regard for freedom or Capitalism as shown by their need to waterboard,.

OMG 100000% stupid and liberal since freedom and capitalism refer to economic matters, not military interrogation matters

No, those things correspond to freedom, the lack of fiscal responsibility belongs to those that mismanaged it and to those who put them in office.

as I said dear Republicans have introduced 30 BBA's and dems have killed everyone
What does that teach you??

 

[nuhuh]

If Reagan had balanced the books like he should have we wouldn't have half the problems we have today.

dear, Republicans have tried 30 times since Jefferson's first effort to make imbalanced books illegal. Democrats have killed each effort and made no such effort themselves.

Welcome to your first lesson in American history!!

Okay, Blame the other guy and in 200 years fail to get the job done. I always had a sense your party was worthless.

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

. Now explain how a person working every day for eight or ten hours a day and receiving a pay check for the work is unemployed?
.

100% stupid and liberal. If make-work was real work there would be no such thing as unemployment. The libs could just hire all the unemployed. Do you have the IQ to understand?

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

Okay, Blame the other guy and in 200 years fail to get the job done. I always had a sense your party was worthless.

100% stupid. We could not blame the other guy if the other guy had not killed every BBA and introduced none of their own and been open about welfare first and above all!!

Do you have the IQ to understand??

 

[nuhuh]

Okay, Blame the other guy and in 200 years fail to get the job done. I always had a sense your party was worthless.

100% stupid. We could not blame the other guy if the other guy had not killed every BBA and introduced none of their own and been open about welfare first and above all!!

Do you have the IQ to understand??

If you can't get the job done in 200 years you are pretty much the definition of worthless.

 

[Redfish]

People liked Reagan because he was a good man who loved his country. Was he perfect, no. Did he make mistakes, yes.

Was he the one of the top 5 presidents in history? Yes

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

Okay, Blame the other guy and in 200 years fail to get the job done. I always had a sense your party was worthless.

100% stupid. We could not blame the other guy if the other guy had not killed every BBA and introduced none of their own and been open about welfare first and above all!!

Do you have the IQ to understand??

If you can't get the job done in 200 years you are pretty much the definition of worthless.

dear, libs didn't even know there was a job to be done so that makes them far far worse particularly since they blocked the effort to get the job done!

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

People liked Reagan because he was a good man who loved his country. Was he perfect, no. Did he make mistakes, yes.

Was he the one of the top 5 presidents in history? Yes

top 5?? first for sure.

He said "tear down this wall" and "isn't welfare a form of slavery."


he understood the issues better than anyone and spoke the truth better than anyone.

 

[nuhuh]

Okay, Blame the other guy and in 200 years fail to get the job done. I always had a sense your party was worthless.

100% stupid. We could not blame the other guy if the other guy had not killed every BBA and introduced none of their own and been open about welfare first and above all!!

Do you have the IQ to understand??

If you can't get the job done in 200 years you are pretty much the definition of worthless.

dear, libs didn't even know there was a job to be done so that makes them far far worse particularly since they blocked the effort to get the job done!

Poor you! it must suck to know that in 200 years, you couldn't get a single important thing past Democrats.

 

[Redfish]

People liked Reagan because he was a good man who loved his country. Was he perfect, no. Did he make mistakes, yes.

Was he the one of the top 5 presidents in history? Yes

top 5?? first for sure.

He said "tear down this wall" and "isn't welfare a form of slavery."


he understood the issues better than anyone and spoke the truth better than anyone.

OK, number 1. no argument here.

do we also agree that obozo is the absolute worst?