Reagan Government is not the solution to our problem government IS the problem

[MrBobbi1980]

he is so right, people can feel this in Europe,,,most European countries are ranked way behind us in business freedom...it is time to cap spending...not increase taxes to catch up with our spending!!! otherwise, we will catch up to Europe (taxes are almost 50% of the economy and spending is even more)

[ebolavac1]

It's astonishing to me that a man who lived through the depression and the liberation of the Nazi death camps by US government employees would say something like this. What a tool.

[NUY3113]

Why do people like Ron Paul especially the black people? If it was up to him he would let businesses segregate. He would have let Osama live. He would also pull out of Afghanistan and allow the Taliban to overthrow the Pakistani government and get their hands on a nuke. But hey he wants to legalize weed. Delusional republicans.

[NUY3113]

"Big government is the enemy except for me." Regan

[NUY3113]

Government is the problem until you need them. He is right that's why he started getting government out of wall street with deregulation causing the meltdown in 2008. He is right we don't need big government cause we are all millionaires. Also how do the re pubes cry about big government but want government telling women they cant have abortion when raped. Hypocrites

[eeTex]

"Reagonomics, supply-side, trickle-down was a Trojan Horse."

David Stockman (Ronald Reagan's Budget Director, 1981-1985)

[eeTex]

Yeah government is the problem: Damn those Army, Police, teachers, firefighters, medicare, medicaid, veteran affairs, NASA, interstate highways, FAA, Social Security, adoption assistance, Child support services, civil rights prosecution, FEMA, FDA, EPA, CIA, unemployment insurance....DAMN YOU SOCIALISM!

[eeTex]

teabaggers and Koch tools are the problem.

[space912]

Ronald Reagan addresses the Occupy Wall Street Protesters

[TheAmericanFreeBird]

the solution to this HIPERSTATE and this keynesianism is MORE CAPITALISM, MORE FREEDOM.

RON PAUL 2012.

REAGAN WE MISS YOU

[1954skippy]

His was a “faith-based” policy, in that it required a leap of blind faith in Reagan’s promises, that the investor class would reinvest the enormous profits Reagan was sending their way, back into the American economy. Instead, they pocketed the cash, sending much of it to offshore bank accounts, or into building new factories in “Third World” countries, instead of modernizing American production lines.

[NOBULLANDNOSPIN]

This is a great video indeed! A+ Ronald Reagan was a great man indeed! A+ Ronald Reagan, is telling the truth period!!!! Ronald Reagan has always told the truth period! Ronald Reagan was one of the greatest presidents America has ever had period! A+ Unlike obama, Ronald Reagan never tried to destroy America! Ronald Reagan, tried to help America to become a better country for all Americans to live in! obama and the democrats are trying to destroy: America, Capitalism, and The U.S. Constitution.

[MoralMoney]

Wait. Government is the problem. Reagan is the government. So, Reagan is the problem!!! I finally get it!!! So that's why he ran up the national debt by 250% and left us with annual deficits so large we had $10 Trillion more debt on the way. Thanks Ronnie! Ya douche!

[gamefreak1000000]

@MoralMoney Obama said that government is the solution, so does that mean that Obama IS the solution??!? I hope to God you say no.

[Tcassa89]

as true today as it was back then

[nicenonya3]

They put those regulations on there for a GD reason,then this moron comes along and tells the idiots we don't need regulations....ever hear of the S&L crisis,Enron scam,Bernie Madoff and the GW Bush great depression?

[redlightmax]

@nicenonya3 Yeah, but try telling some people about that and they'll say you're a Communist. It seems if you're a Republican who wants to get elected in America, you just need to tell everyone that government sucks.

[loveofphysics]

If the employees of a company think the company itself is a problem that is incapable of solving any problems, would that company succeed or fail?

How can you expect our government to succeed if you go around saying crap like this?

[TheJasonDR]

@loveofphysics since the govt isnt competing with another govt inside the US than the govt is weak and pathetic in services and such and it is one of the tenants of capitalism which is competition is what makes something great

[loveofphysics]

@TheJasonDR Competition for market share is not the only possible motivation for solving problems, and that motivation does not even work well for goods and services that benefit society as a whole versus individual consumers. There is a place for private enterprise and a place for government, and if the GOP thinks gov't is categorically a problem, then they should not be in gov't.

[TheJasonDR]

@loveofphysics haha ....in reality that is the only motivation ...to succeed ....why do you think people come to the US ..... they have a chance to make it and such .......all in all there is no other motivation to contribute to society .... hence that is why the soviet union didnt have companies inventing cool stuff like in the west or cool music the tenants of capitalism is perfect

[loveofphysics]

@TheJasonDR I said that competition for market share is not the ONLY motivating factor for getting things done, and I have hundreds of successful non-profits, churches, and the paradises found in Scandinavia to prove my point.

The other fact is that capitalism does not work well to provide goods and services that benefit the entire society versus a single consumer, such as health care, education, and environmental protection. There is a place for market based enterprises, but there are limits.

[TheJasonDR]

@loveofphysics then move to cuba ......or North korea If you dont like capitalism .......leave us to suffer with awesome wealth

[loveofphysics]

@TheJasonDR I am not against capitalism, so your comment is just stupid. I only admit that there are limits to where capitalism is effective, which is a fact.

[TheJasonDR]

@loveofphysics .... nope it is impossible for capitalism to be ineffective cuz everyone is competing and striving for effectiveness thus the whole system is based around the key word (effectiveness) ....for example MYSPACE VS FACEBOOK ....tell me who do you think won in the end and why ....key word effectiveness or the better product was facebook in the end

[thenexthalen]

Why do Republicans like him? He believed in social security. He raised taxes 7 out of his 8 years as president. I don't get. Trickle down doesn't work, ever. The US started gaining debt with the supply siders.

[Casper1tfg]

All the dislikes must be screaming liberal Democrats, that wouldn't know the truth if it knocked them down!!!

[zaplunken]

"Reagan did not respect African Americans and Hispanics and promote racist policies that I guess you harken for today."

I guess you are full of dog poop. Please don't annoy me with such nonsense.

[zaplunken]

I miss Ronald Reagan. Look at the clown in the White House today. Like day and night!

[Mr40acresandamule]

@zaplunken I don't miss Reagan. When he made his "government is not the solution to our problem speech" he didn't realize that that government extended civil rights, suffrage, and economic opportunities to many people. His goal was put those government programs at the state level which gave them more of a burden. Reagan did not respect African Americans and Hispanics and promote racist policies that I guess you harken for today.

[RulerOFmany]

We need a man like this today.

[astrak1001]

So I noticed Jan Brewer posted this on her facebook page, yes Jan we all know that you are the problem.

[SnowCritter]

Biggest load of crap ever foisted on the American people! Every economic problem we have today can be traced back to this idiot!

[Willaev]

@SnowCritter You are amazingly retarded if you believe that. Economic problem #1 Social Security, started in the 30s by FDR. #2 Welfare Act, started in the 30s, by FDR. #3 Federal Reserve, started in 1912 by Ted Roosevelt.

[SnowCritter]

@Willaev Those aren't the cause of the problems we currently have. Hell, I voted for Reagan (for his first term, not his second). The U.S. economy was running pretty smoothly until he unleashed what G.H.W. Bush termed "voodoo economics" on us. Economic policies that benefit only the wealthy do not lead to a stable economic situation - they lead to what we have now. I will give him some credit though - he wasn't afraid to raise taxes when the situation called for it.

[skswick]

@MrTabby5000

Even a foreigner like Bobchan knows how stupid people were electing this moron. wake up.

[Bigmyoun1]

Obama is the worst President since Jimmy Carter. No wonder things are starting too look like the 70s.

[Mr40acresandamule]

That is because the corporations and financial sectors are making it that way. People just don't know it.

[Mr40acresandamule]

Not really. Reagan was terrible and probably the most had the most racist policies since Woodrow Wilson. I know Reagan was the so called "Great Communicator" but he never ever embraced the poor and black communities. Reagan is the reason why the Republican party cannot received more than 5 to 10 percent of the black vote. Reagan slyly made blacks, hispanics, and the poor be viewed as an enemy to the white working class and it persist to this day with hatreds toward Democrats.

[Bigmyoun1]

No country in the history of the world has ever spent its way out of debt. If you have debt you cut spending.

[fluffydanny]

Dot. Gov. is the problem.

[Bigmyoun1]

Reagan was the last guy to lead this country. Ever since we have had people from the most selfish generation to walk the earth. Maybe after the current whitehouse occupier is done making a mess of things, we will have learned our lesson about electing people with our hearts instead of with our minds.

[Willaev]

Rawn: Spoken like someone who doesn't understand the election system.

[SeptaValent]

I should listen to this every morning when I wake up, it just makes me happy. Anyone else agree?

[Proplytiri]

what a wonderful quote, you can almost see the strings.

[bobchan111]

Obama fucked up America even more...lawl im laughing at you americans voting for him just because he says "we can change" dumb shits have more debt now

[MrTabby5000]

@bobchan111

the debt existed since Bush.

[Bigmyoun1]

@MrTabby5000 Very true. And Obama's solution was to make it even bigger.

[MrTabby5000]

@Bigmyoun1

What choice did he have?If he didn't do anything about the economy he would be blamed,you know how that goes,He did something and hes still being blamed,he cant win.

[rawn4203]

@bobchan111 You probably thought george w bush, who couldnt win his initial election with the consent of the people, couldnt keep the pentagon in one piece, and invaded Iraq, was better, eh? Good thing we didnt let idiots from other countries vote, we may have been stuck with 4 more years of Bush.

[fluffydolly]

@bobchan111 it's sad that so many were so foolish!!!!!

[MrTabby5000]

@bobchan111

I hope you realize reagan started the debt trend.

[brandonkr]

@MrTabby5000 and i hope you realized that obama made it worse

[MrTabby5000]

@brandonkr

well he didn't make it better,I admit that.The truth is obama is a fraud,he campaigned being a left progressive and he is governing from the center.I refuse to vote for him again in the primaries,and maybe the general.He will be the first and last negro president.

[katey1dog]

I miss that old man.

[pf37rss]

Hes right... but what a hypocrite!

[MrTabby5000]

@RH2dogs

Yes look back at history you will find that reagan started a trend that grew the debt and deficit, and its to this day continues.

[davidmesaaz]

The government is not the solution to the border problem. The government is the problem.

[MrTabby5000]

@davidmesaaz

no the employers are the problem for hiring them.

[davidmesaaz]

@MrTabby5000 But why are they hiring them because the government is not doing its job by getting enough immigrants into this country. The government is the problem

[MrTabby5000]

@davidmesaaz

No because the exploitation of cheap labor is a temptation without any consequences,why should a farmer hire an american when he could get cheap labor from a illegal mexian and face no consequences?yes government is the problem because they do not prosecute illegal employers.Rarely do illegal employers advertise fruit picking jobs on the internet or with a sign.

[davidmesaaz]

@MrTabby5000 Considering the job skills and productivity of poor Mexicans picking fruit is a good job considering the alternatives.But considering the job alternatives for Americans picking fruit is a bad job they know that there are better jobs out there....Its not exploitation its free choice. Explain to me why we would want literate educated workers to work in the fields picking fruit all day? Americans know that there are farm picking jobs but the choose not to have them.

[davidmesaaz]

@MrTabby5000 Also what you are saying is that the government should artifically increase wages and have those costs shifted to the consumer... This will hurt the poor the most. Instead of looking to cut costs big business will spend all of their time trying to increase their profits through government subsidies..Is that what you want?

[MrTabby5000]

@davidmesaaz

No, I said we should put the slave owners in prison,like they should be.As if you didnt know slavery is illegal.

[davidmesaaz]

@MrTabby5000 Your going all Noam Chomsky on me with this wage slave idea huh? Oh gosh people willingly working and workers willingly hiring to you is a bad idea. Give me a break.. Its because of the manufactured consent we are all just clones... What a crap idea with zero facts to back it up.

[reb3773]

My gosh, folks, we're talking about political differences. Witty personal attacks are cute, but are better left to comics who do a better job and get paid for it. The Dems and Repubs are almost the same. The people win when there is less government. It is already too invasive and the tax base way too large. There needs to be less government, not more.

[gamefreak1000000]

@reb3773 But the right is fighting to shrink government. It's the democrats that want to expand government.

[jeffsandychelsea]

@reb3773 Government is a wild, raging cancer that will never be "limited" into submission. It MUST be eliminated for real civilization to begin.

[MrYobdab]

The man was brilliant.

[AtlasShruggery]

"Trees cause more pollution than automobiles"

"If you've seen one tree you've seen them all"

"Facts are stupid things"

Ah, the wisdom of corrupt Hollywood airhead Ronald Reagan.

"The best minds are not in government"

Not in Reagan's government, THAT'S for sure.

"We did not repeat did not trade arms for hostages"

Said Ronald Reagan when he was caught trading missiles to the Iranian ayatollahs in exchange for hostages.

[AtlasShruggery]

Government is not the problem. Reaganomics is the problem. Most of our current problems are the direct result of the idiotic policies of Ronald Reagan.

[MrYobdab]

You are ignorant of the facts Sir. Please, in the future, refrain from commenting on adult issues and stick with your TV shows.

[Suburbancowboy123]

"WE THE PEOPLE" are the "GOVERNMENT" Mr. Reaganwhore!. Do you hear me you ignorant SOB! All you repukes out there in youtube-land think Reaganwhore was the F'N 2nd comin' of Jesus Christ. Think again!. Reaganwhore's economic policies led Bush 41 to be a (1) term president...LMFAO!.

[KendisKustomsDotCom]

Total uninformed revisionist history crap. Get the facts straight cowboy, stop spewing out Liberal crapaganda!

[Johnjwalt]

Both timeless... and timely

[Suburbancowboy123]

If Repuke-licans return to this montra that Reaganwhore spewed. If Repukes dont mondernize conservatism; widen the tent and develop new ideas. The Repuke-lican party will be in permanent minority status for a long time. I will personally celebrate everyday. RIP Reaganwhore! - you useless piece of human-waste. cheers!...

[KendisKustomsDotCom]

Repuke-licans? Using terms and language like that speaks volumes about you and your lack of character. Conservatives are the majority, always have been, always will be because they see that government can be the biggest obstacle to freedom. Liberalism is a cancer that needs wiping out. Obama is a sham man, a black face on Lib business as usual. Dems caused all the problems in the first place. Not that Reps are off the hook in not stepping up and standing up for their constituency's will.

[Suburbancowboy123]

You dont even know what "Liberalism" means...LMFAO!...Why dont you just dig Reaganwhore up and suck his dick...lol

[KendisKustomsDotCom]

You realize you're a very mentally sick bastard.

[KendisKustomsDotCom]

...Go talk to a psychiatrist you poor thing, I can't help you here.