I was a democrat!

[WallisvstheWorld]

Lol nygiantsfan, you have one. He and Obama are virtually mirrors of one another.

[silicon212]

@WallisvstheWorld In what way? Reagan was a unifier, Obama is a polarizer.

[WallisvstheWorld]

@silicon212 look up thinkprogress' video comparing them. They had the same message. And taxes are lower now under Obama than Reagan. So yeah.

[silicon212]

@WallisvstheWorld The difference between them is that President Reagan truly believed what he said, and that showed in his actions. Obama says what the masses want to hear. Of course taxes are lower now than they were under Reagan, look at what they were when Reagan was sworn in. His work in office laid the groundwork for Obama's 'low' taxes. Another difference - Reagan was looking where to cut spending - Obama is looking for where to raise taxes. Christmas tree tax anyone?

[WallisvstheWorld]

@silicon212 Reagan was an actor and paid propagandist before he was the Prez. Go ahead and prove what Reagan "truly" believed.

[silicon212]

@WallisvstheWorld Why would I have to prove anything? His record speaks for itself.

[WallisvstheWorld]

@silicon212 His record shows he was a Democrat. Raising taxes, increasing the size of government, etc.

And you are burdened with having to prove it, because you claim to know what Reagan "truly" believed. You won't prove it bc you cant, and I just ruined your talking points.

[silicon212]

@WallisvstheWorld Reagan dropped the top marginal tax rate from 70% to 28%.  Taxes were indeed cut, and not increased. Government revenue did increase - that's due to increased employment and a healthy economy, not tax increases.

Look at the link I just added into the description, this will help take away your talking points and reinforce mine.

[TheOZBehindCurtain]

@WallisvstheWorld Oh shut up

[JRCrowley]

@WallisvstheWorld Americans were stupid enough to elect a former actor. And look at America now. On the cusp of becoming a third world country.

[einsteinadonis]

@silicon212 do you not like public services? taxes pay for those. reagan tried to abolish school lunches (ketchup is a vegetable!) just to save a penny while giving tax breaks to the fortune 500. get real!

[silicon212]

@einsteinadonis "Public services", as you call them, should come from state/local government and not the federal government. They include police, fire, and other necessary services. Reagan worked to cut out the bloat from the federal government. Yes, he spent a lot of money on the military, but try to remember the era this was in, the Cold War. That, among other things, helped to bankrupt the Soviet Union and end the cold war. Read the Constitution to see what roles the Fed. gov. should have.

[WallisvstheWorld]

@silicon212 look up thinkprogress' video about their similarities. thats the starting point, from there you can go as deep as you like.

[GrassValleyGreg]

I will give Reagan points for wit- that was pretty quick lol

[ishotu747]

That was hilarious and I'm a democrat

[Texasjim2007]

Republicans also have debts but Republicans naturally have a better credit rating than Democrats since Republicans are against helping the Planned Parenthood corporate lobby kill off millions of the future American taxpayers who are supposed to be picking up the tab for everybody.

[Irongunner57]

The debt was raised by Obama and the Dems in the House and Senate..Its public record, look it up and stop blaming President Bush...He had a Dem Congress

[silicon212]

Off topic.

[Peoria3165]

Ron keeps giving! Funny! Man, I still hate Sam Donaldson!

[777Atheist]

He was a Democrat and became a Republican but he always remain an actor.

[Rossin21]

That was cool what you put at the end.. OWNED

[ps2os2]

No I am not a teaching person ( I also make mistakes) but I try and keep it civil. Sometimes (like in Reagans case) I get riled and toss steam off, howev er when the person is "praised" for really no reason other than being a grandfather type I get upset. Reagans and his successors did more damage to the US than I think we will ever recover from. Yes I am pissed at Clinton and to Obama but Clinton did a lot more damage to the presidency than the dishonesty of Cheney & company did .

[RoboSlater]

@ps2os2

Notice that those who claim Cheney and Co were dishonest never prove it. And therein lies the beauty of the herd mentality (and the powerful effect of a liberal media to manipulate it).

[beecee151]

Thought that was to me from my drunk while messaging anniversary post.

[ps2os2]

to Liberalsarebigzeros:

Go back and finish grade school english and maybe even graduate HS then come back and lecture us on something you can intelligently talk about.

[beecee151]

@ps2os2 Yeah I was ranting, It was a commemerate thing for his anniversary, So what? Are you the English police? This is a comment site not advanced Shakespear. Awesome 22 second video. Thanks teach.

[beecee151]

What is with this hate on Reagan ? I know it was his 100th birthday...but the man is dead and a bunch of pussies come out to condemn him. I've had 4 or 5 events by Reagan on my favorites....Just look at the dates before posting. These are horrid folks ...the dates prove it . One final say, "The horrid hates the horror" Lame assed fuckers.

[liberalsAREbigZEROS]

@beecee151 i gotta tell ya. liberals have to attack every republican because its about smashing the credibility of republicans and the republican party so people would be wayyyyyy more inclined to vote for a democrats in mass majority so they can push american right into socialism...dems are mostly all the same now.

and they infact did win with obama and the super majority in congress but they lost it, because you know thats not what americans stand for. it'll happen again too sometime.

[beecee151]

@liberalsAREbigZEROS Get ya. A little too party oriented but understand what you are getting at. Take care Beecee

[fatfreetoothpaste]

@ps2os2 What a good little drone you are. Report back to the central processing center for your drone pin... Then return to the liberal mothership and await further instructions.

[ps2os2]

Please state specifics. If you can't them go away.

[ps2os2]

Not sure what you mean by "changey stuff". I will guess that you mean the demo'c presidency's since Reagan left office. Overall not bad considering the republikans got us into several wars and allowed torture of prisioners and a VP who poisoned the earth essentially forever with his usings poisons in wells to try and get more oil. You do know that the earth around such wells have caused cancer and death to those above don't you? There is no amount cleaning will ever get the earth clean again.

[silicon212]

@ps2os2 Ignorance must be bliss.

[liberalsAREbigZEROS]

@ps2os2 no bad because you dont know what the hell obama is doing. you are being lied to or believe that what he is doing is infact really a good thing. well if destroying america is a good thing then im sure youd say not bad. if we didnt go into those wars we'd be in a far worse place today. bush is acturally really a democrat and really no republican has taken us into war yet. every war we went into was put together by a democrat president. smoke that ! bush was for open borders, and the nwo

[rtds9fan]

@ps2os2 Republicans get us into wars? You don't know your US history much.All the major conflicts/wars since 1900 World War I,World WarII,Korean War,Vietnam,Desert Storm and Iraq/Afghanistan.The only ones that were led by Republicans,Desert Storm and Iraq/Afghanistan(Bush Sr and Bush Jr) every other one was started and fought while a Democratic president was in office.The only exception is Vietnam,escalated and fought most by LBJ,Democrat,ended with peace treaty by Nixon,Republican.

[INTIMIDATOR3FAN]

@ps2os2 Sounds like SOMEone's been drinking the "Kool-Aid" again.

[ps2os2]

It would be really scary if grandpa Ronnie had ever been a real democrat. He wouldn't have fired the ATC nor would he have let loose all the mental patients so we have homeless people running all over the streets. *IF* he would have had a substitute program in place then fine. Bit he was a cowboy first last and always and he thought he really believed that which was even more scary.

[silicon212]

@ps2os2 How's all of that hopey changey stuff working out for ya?

[liberalsAREbigZEROS]

@ps2os2 What a good little drone you are. Report back to the central processing center for your drone pin... Then return to the liberal mothership and await further instructions.

screw the atc they suck. and the mental patients thing is a blatant lie. dont believe it. it's not true. i've acturally talked with homeless people where i used to work downtown and none of them at any time told me they were from a frickin mental hospital. they are people down on their luck. or had to leave home

[tadshort]

@ps2os2 Firing of the ATC was after having so many planes crash because of their sick out. You don't go to work you get fired. Period, try not going to work for 3 months and see if your job is going to still be there. They played with the safety of the American public and they were given enough time to return to work and they gambled and loss the bet.

[RoboSlater]

@tadshort

President Reagan knew what Ann Coulter and other intellectuals have proven today: That to be a liberal Democrat is to be a part of the ideology of the mob, with all the attributes of a mob, and with a history founded on a herd mentality. And Obama learned -- extraordinarily well, I must admit -- the art of speaking to the mob.

[philarchuletta]

Ignorance is bliss to liberals. Conservatism works liberals don't

[FastPonyGT]

Piss off a liberal by working hard and being happy.

[dorsal547]

This man was a political genius

[silicon212]

@958singer The country was a LOT better off when he left office!

[Rawk4Life]

Amen to that. The Regan Administration created more jobs than 3 out of the last 4 Presidents combined, not including Clinton.

[shzywansui]

@silicon212 at other countries' expense

[IronJackalTw]

George W. Bush --> 3.0 million JOBS CREATED (Republican)

Bill Clinton --> 23.1 million JOBS CREATED (Democratic)

George W.H. Bush --> 2.5 million JOBS CREATED (Republican)

Ronald Reagan --> 16.0 million JOBS CREATED (Democratic turn Republican)

Jimmy Carter --> 10.5 million JOBS CREATED (Democratic)

Gerald Ford --> 1.8 million JOBS CREATED (Republican)

Richard Nixon --> 9.4 million JOBS CREATED (Republican)

[silicon212]

@IronJackalTw Notice who is rather conspicuously missing!

[carnypimp]

@silicon212 Notice how retarded your statement is? Obama is not an expresident yet!

[AUgrad00]

@IronJackalTw Uhh Obama the job killer?

[silicon212]

@AUgrad00 Just say NOBAMA!

[IronJackalTw]

AUgrad00,

BARACK OBAMA certainly is NO HELPER of JOB CREATORS.... very Anti-Business in my book with Crazy TAX & Meaniningless PAPERWORKS on CAPITALISTS! CAPITALISTS are SUPERMEN (and SUPERWOMEN) in our world! They punch at POVERTY where it hurts! BARACK OBAMA is no Bill Clinton nor Ronald Reagan of our time!! =/

[jbeyers84]

@IronJackalTw LOL love your statistics but Government and politicians don't create jobs. Any major economist knows this. And I would just be curious to see how many GOVERNMENT jobs those were that were Created when Clinton was in office. Another thing to look at to is the .com burst in the early 90,s. None of these statistics mean anything to any objective person with a basic understanding of economics. And sometimes economic policies take a while to fully take effect.

[RickAJarvis]

@IronJackalTw Bush = War on Terror, TARP

Clinton = Lewinksi, GOP Congress, Housing / Internet bubbles

Bush = Persian Gulf, Taxes

Reagan = Cut taxes, proposed lower spending, USSR on the ash heap of history.

Carter = Stagflation, Malaise, Rabid rabbit

Ford = Who care's?

Nixon = Watergate, China, Vietnam

[Sturmbannfuhrer21]

@IronJackalTw Jimmy Carter created about -20 million jobs just saying...worst president ever!!!!!!!!!

Plus Your Clinton jobs are inaccurate and overly inflated. Do some research.

[PaulPaulmer]

@IronJackalTw

Did Clinton's policies create those jobs? Or did the internet boom? I'm glad they were created regardless, but there's a reason why. (And the number's are skewed to begin with.)

[beecee151]

again, nuff said.

[Mikey77B]

LOVE IT!!!

[CultOfTheGuitar]

The only good president of my lifetime. RIP RR.

[mfleming98]

BOOM ROASTED!!!

[TheNp42]

...you've blamed mistakes of the past, and you've blamed the congress, does any of the blame belong to you?

Reagan: Yes, because for many years, I was a democrat.

ZING!

[BearFan09]

Although I didn't get a chance to see him in action, I admire President Reagan for his wit and his "I don't care if I offend you" attitude. I hate political-correctness. Why can't we all just say what we want to say?

USA USA USA

[MrBlackBrit]

Ahahahaha!!! Classic!

And so true!

[nygiantsfan6]

We need a president like him now...desperately...

[ahbalone]

@nygiantsfan6 We can't afford a spender like Reagan.

[JRCrowley]

@nygiantsfan6 Reagan raised taxes four (4) times between 1982 and 1984. Ergo, Ronald Reagan was a Democrat at the time of this interview.

[4Using1]

lol...this is awesome. You should take some time and listen to this extraordinary man's speeches, etc. We could use another leader like him.

[jlsparky7]

Awesome! lol.

[foobster27]

OH MY another reason Reagan was a badass along with the whole getting shot and living thing haha

[viketaker]

so! then go watch a 50 cent or a 2pac video...lol

[foobster27]

good point lol the only difference is they weren't like 80 years old haha

[elpidi0526]

"Sam Donaldson, you can suck it."

[dude28405]

I don't remember who said it but it is true

To not be a liberal when your young you have no heart. To be a liberal when your old you have no brain.

[plang527]

THAT WOULD BE WINSTON CHURCHILL

[fallstoofar]

exenrontexas I know you are a psychotic old LIBERAL but if you will, please point out in any of my past comments, where I promoted any resistance whatsoever to the Constitution. It is you and the rest of the LIBERALS who have the corrupt organizations such as ACORN promoting voter fraud and I have no beef at all with our boy JC (Jesus Christ) it is LIBERALS that are trying to destroy all religion from within so go preach somewhere else as you are laughable at best.

[foobster27]

i like this guy

[fallstoofar]

Haha thanks for cluing me in there Karl Marx. Btw very nice approach, very Saul Linskey if you will. You are the socialist weisel so this makes you the traitor. Given your age you will be dead soon (not soon enough) so it doesn't really matter what you think.

[fallstoofar]

I agree with the Fairness Doctrine in principle. The PUBLIC owns the airwaves and should have access to refute propaganga. That is the essence of democracy as envisioned my Jefferson. If the PUBLIC owned the printing presses, ink and paper it would be the same.

Exactly the public owns the airwaves so let the public decide through the free market. Air America went bankrupt because nobody tuned in to listen, where as in DC you have several progressive shows that due very well......

[fallstoofar]

It was Democrats who forced upon banks the practice of subprime lending. Greed ,yeah no shit shirlock, but greed is a human trait not prejudice to any political entity but the Dems were the party who made all this GREED possible. I challenge to provide me substantive proof that claims otherwise.

[fallstoofar]

I hear an awful lot of conservative and neocon bashing. My question to you is how do you feel about the Democratic party? Are they copeable of any wrong doing in this current fiasco?

[exenrontexas]

OK, that is a fair question. First of all, I have been a registered Republican for forty years, but I joined the party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and IKE NOT the party of Nixon, Reagan. BUSH. The GOP left ME, NOT the other way around.

The DEMS have been mostly out of power and therefore less corrupt. Power corrupts. I believe in the balance of powers and if anyone gets too powerful, I look for alternatives. Clinton was somewhat corrupt but not as dangerous as the GOP. GOP wants ALL power.

[fallstoofar]

Clinton was somewhat corrupt but not as dangerous as the GOP. GOP wants ALL power.

Ever hear of the fairness doctrine? You know the one media outlet Liberals are so pissed that they do not have a monopoly on. Now how about illegal immigration. Now do you think liberals really honestly , truly care about their rights or maybe just maybe is it that over 90% of all immigrants vote democrat therefor if you let them all here by means against what are laws require then you change you change the....

[fallstoofar]

entire political landscape to a one party system. What was that again about the GOP being control freaks? And I agree with you 100% about balance of power but you 180 degrees from right when you say that been mostly out of power. Until 94 the Dems controlled the house and the Senate for a long majority of 30 years or so. Correct you had 2 executive terms of the the Cinton who happens to be largely responsible for the mess we are in now by basically taking Carters Community Investment Act .......

[exenrontexas]

I believe that Washington was RIGHT when he warned America of the danger of people who were more loyal to ONE MAN or ONE PARTY than to the CONSTITUTION and to the PEOPLE of the US.

BTW: it was NOT Carter's CRA, but Barbara Jordan's CRA. CRA has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the current crisis and is a TINY portion of the lending by banks. It is the manipulation of accounting by large corporations, tax breaks for the rich and control of the gov by corporations that are the cause.

[fallstoofar]

BTW: it was NOT Carter's CRA, but Barbara Jordan's CRA. CRA has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the current crisis and is a TINY portion of the lending by banks. It is the manipulation of accounting by large corporations, tax breaks for the rich and control of the gov by corporations that are the cause.

Tiny portion. Says who? You? You could not be more wrong, it was most certainly the CRA that caused every bit of this crisis and it was programs led by key Dems that allowed it all to happen.

[fallstoofar]

So let me get this straight. You say the GOP turned its back on you. So am I wrong to say that you are really a conservative that has not been represented well by your Republican peers so there for you total left all your conservative principles behind to establish yourself as a tolerance minded Lib.

[fallstoofar]

....and putting it on steroids there for forcing banks to low lending standards or face large government fines. George W. Bush (who I admit spent like lib retard) along with John McCain and others put forth legislation in 2004 to regulate the 2 very entities that caused most of this debacle we are in and it was blocked by GUESS WHO, the Democrats namely Barney Frank and now the very ones who didn't want regulation and helped burst the housing bubble are the ones who we trust with over a ......

[exenrontexas]

It was GREED that caused the lending frenzy. WITHOUT proper regulations the large banks PROMOTED sub-prime lending and then SOLD those loans ASAP. They also sold MORTAGE BACK SECURITIES and made BILLIONS. They KNEW what they were doing and PURPOSEFULLY leveraged GOP Congress to allow them to make it happen. We have REGULATIONS for a VERY GOOD REASON and that is that criminals will do what they think they can get away with and NOW they ARE getting away with it and YOU are helping them.

[fallstoofar]

... 800 billion dollars of the tax payers money. THAT MAKES SENSE (sarcasm)

[exenrontexas]

Paul O'Neill the BUSH Sec, of the Treasury estimated that the cost of the ILLEGAL and IMMORAL Iraq war would exceed THREE TRILLION DOLLARS. Let's see: invading a country WITHOUT WMDS that had NO CONNECTION to al Qaeda, murder 100,000 of their citizens (MOST were INNOCENT), killing thousands of GIs and maiming tens of thousands more, NOT security the oil and SUPPORTING terrorism AND draining the Clinton surplus and collapsing the economy,,,THAT MAKES SENSE...to a NEOCON.

[fallstoofar]

...but by large it is dominated by more conservative's because they have much higher ratings. The government needs to stay out of it or it will do nothing but censor the conversation.

[fallstoofar]

Paul O'Neill the BUSH Sec, of the Treasury estimated that the cost of the ILLEGAL and IMMORAL Iraq war would exceed THREE TRILLION DOLLARS. Let's see: invading a country WITHOUT WMDS that had NO CONNECTION to al Qaeda, murder 100,000 of their citizens (MOST were INNOCENT), killing thousands of GIs and maiming tens of thousands more, NOT security the oil and SUPPORTING terrorism AND draining the Clinton surplus and collapsing the economy,,,THAT MAKES SENSE...to a NEOCON.............

[fallstoofar]

You forget that Dems including Clinton (Bill who made the argument for WMD's, speech in 98') and Hilary who along with many other Dems voted for this ILLEGAL WAR. Are you really this stupid. BTW I never once said that I supported George W. Bush, your simple train of thought led you there. I am a conservative. That is exactly why I didn't care for Bush. You Libs crack me up with your self righteousness about spending. You libs love spending money. Spend , spend , spend. You should love Bush.

[fallstoofar]

...and since you like to talk about deficits lets talk about Obama. He has managed to spend more money in a matter of weeks than Bush did his first two years and you want to talk about surplus. HAHA you are a fucking tool. Notice Wallstreet's reaction the past week to everything Obama touches. Wait and see we will still be in Irag.Obama isn't pulling anyone out and I would love for us to keep in touch so I can hear outrage of him.

[elpidi0526]

HAHA!!

Never gets old.

[barnsoldat91]

hahaha wtf

[Reaganmarine]

the GOP needs to bring the reagan revolution back...they need to be for the common man and small government like Reagan believed in

[silicon212]

I couldn't have said it better, myself. Wake up, America! WE NEED YOU!

[1obamahater]

hahaha yes because for many years i was a democrate

[sferris33]

Ronald Reagan! He was truly a great president!

[silicon212]

Yes he was. Too bad there's not another out there like him.

[RushLimborg]

"You're asking a hypothetical question, and I found out that I never get in trouble if I don't answer one of those."

Great line! Sarah Palin should've said something like that to Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric. Could've saved her a lot of unnecessary trouble....

[RonPaulGeorgeRingo]

The modern Republican Party is a joke. Even all the Reagan is God blah blah - Sure, he was good on taxes (at the time), but a DISASTER on spending! My God, even the "liberal" congress spent less $ than Reagan wanted. How can a movement that has anything to do with "limited spending" have ANYTHING to do with Reagan? Start over! Thinking "Reagan" is setting the bar WAY too low.

[silicon212]

I will agree with you that the modern Republican party is a joke - it has strayed way, way too far off course. However, your comment about Reagan spending is misguided. He increased spending in the military budget, but cut it in other areas. I challenge you to show me where he increased it in social spending or 'entitlements'.

[bittergunowner12]

Of course look who controlled Congress during Reagan's administration.

[silicon212]

The Democrats controlled Congress throughout Reagan's term.

The biggest problem with the GOP is the neoconservative movement itself. Most of these neocons are not true conservatives and are fiscally liberal, hence the record spending under Bush (himself a neocon).

[bittergunowner12]

Yes, I'll agree with you on that one, neo cons are social conservatives and fiscal liberals.

[smn76]

Yes, the democrats had a majority all 8 years....but the truth is, REAGAN controlled the congress. Without any hesistation, he would get the message to Speaker Tip O'Neill not to pass a bill with any nonsense on it or he WILL veto it....and he did. Failure to do that (as well as failing to control the borders ) was Bush's downfall.

Ronald Reagan was a once-in-a-lifetime president. He is sorely missed.

[v1ladimir]

You leftwing Marxist, this is how you show respect. Reagan spent it on defense and destroyed the Soviet Union and Communism in general. Now we have a Marxist in the name of Obama trying to destroy this country.

[RonPaulGeorgeRingo]

To Vladimir the Bush socialist

I voted Reagan/80.

Solidarity, a Polish Pope, cable TV (technology), and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, (all of which predate the start of Reagan's presidency) had just as much to do with the downfall of communism, not to mention Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, and EVERY other American president, soldier, & civilian that fought the Cold War. Reagan did his share for sure, but we now know that by the time he became president, the Soviet Union was going bankrupt.

[exenrontexas]

Reagan had little or nothing to do with the fall of the Soviet Union. Give credit where it is due to Pope John Paul, Lech Walesa and Gorbechev, NOT REAGAN, NEVER REAGAN. ONLY the NEOCONS give credit to Reagan. It is part of their LIE.

[silicon212]

I keep hearing this word 'neocon' bantered about. Do you even know what a neoconservative is? It's someone who identified themselves as a liberal but moved to the right.

Reagan was the whole reason why the Soviet Union fell. Don't give credit to Gorby, he was a Soviet Communist! The reason why he moved the USSR somewhat to the right is because he saw the writing on the wall!

Reagan spent the USSR into bankruptcy during the arms race of the 80s.

[exenrontexas]

NEOCONS are followers of the ideas of LEO Strauss. Strauss came to America on a Rockefeller grant arranged by a German lawyer, Carl Schmitt. Schmitt was the lawyer for Fritz Thyssen and Prescott BUSH who were business partners. Thyssen financed Hitler's rise to power. BUSH was convicted of aiding HITLER's push for power. NEOCONS are fascists without the anti-semitism. Reagan was their puppet. ANYONE who gives Reagan credit for the fall of the Soviets is a moron. Communism fell of it's own.

[silicon212]

You know, it's often said that when one is aware they are on the losing end of an argument, bring up Hitler.

If you really knew about this, these people who consider themselves neocons align against Hitleresque ideals. But then you already knew that, didn't you. Reagan was never their puppet, go learn the real history and not the revised history that's available now.

[exenrontexas]

ALL patriotic Americans should bring up the BUSH NAZI connections whenever ANY Bush runs for ANY office. There is an UNDENIABLE, UNHOLY connection between the BUSH family and fascists. Research BEFORE you criticize.

Reagan was a B movie actor and was only reading his lines when he was in the WH. He was hired by the SAME forces who were behind the fascist plots in the '30s and behind Nixon to "PLAY" a role as president. Reagan had NO integrity, NO leadership and accomplished NOTHING...good.

[ohmyaddyx3]

were you living during his terms? obviously not.

[exenrontexas]

I voted AGAINST Reagan for CA governor. It was Reagan who quintupled the tuition at CA universities and colleges thus impeding the best higher education system that the world has ever seen. NEOCONS like Reagan LOVE to keep people stupid. YOU are proof.

[RushLimborg]

As the Gipper would say,

"Aw, SHUT UP!"

[CaptHiltz]

@exenrontexas

Thank you for stating this. What you said is true but not many people know about it because the organized dumbing down program via cuts to education, the rise of right wing talk radio and the watering down of TV that has been going on for the last 30 years

[ohmyaddyx3]

you are a mis-informed idiot

[distressed7]

A simplistic answer from a dumbass who borrowed more to pay his Military Industrial Complex than any other power addict could. Reaganomics made borrowers out of us all. Taxes were not simplified. Taxes were only simplified for the lack of loopholes one had after his team got through with it. Now Russia is back on its feet and there will be a return to the old ways. He only took care of Pinochets, Somozas, Husseins, and any other fascist louse who was kind to American interests at the time.

[silicon212]

The top marginal tax was 70% when Reagan took office, after he left the top marginal tax was 28%.

Care to back up your claims with cold, hard data?

[distressed7]

The marginal tax is only one pathetic part of the tax "simplification". The marginal tax was shifted to the right and then to the left and is a game of book juggling. Yeh, you can come up with statistics. I have a statistic. The loss of benefits for veterans starting with the Viet Era Vets. GI loans took a beating. He had the unmitigated gall from a non-combat piece actorship calling in private, our benefits from the "golden years". He then borrowed from foreign banks to pay for his star wars. ?

[xtubeinator]

"There 'distressed7' goes again!"

[distressed7]

10.7 trillion in debt beginning with never fired a shot Ron. You are one shining fool....lol. Invade Grenada anyone? Sell dope for weapons, patriots? Sell the coca in L.A. and then beg for more money for police? "I don't remember," says Big Ron. Pursed old wrinkled ass lips a quiverin' because he had no script to read from, or try to "remember" the days of September. What a warrior. Man of action. Death Valley Days. You are now in Death Valley. The North Amerikan Union.

[silicon212]

10.7 trillion? What?

Oh well. Clinton had a big part of that, too.

Do you even know why we went into Grenada?

[xtubeinator]

Why are you such an angry person? I thought that only Republicans were supposed to be "angry".

[ps2os2]

@distressed7 Yea look att the record the national debt was raised by Bush NOT OBama. If you want to get to the brass tacks both democrats and republicans caused the 10 trillion bail out. So go after the companies that caused the issue to begin with. They are the ones that lost the money not the repubs or the democrats so if you want to blame someone blame the companies then the political parties.

HBO ran a show on TO BIG TO FAIL and it explains in english how the US got to where it got.

[gundamWWW]

Good point. Russia is back on it's feet! And China is on track to overtake the U.S. Reagan might have cracked the armour but the core still remains intact!

[distressed7]

@distressed7 Oh please. An imitation of a guy that couldn't remember if he turned an international dope deal.

[moffbombadil]

Haha! Ronald Reagan just OWNED Sam Donaldson.

[ZeroShift5000]

amazing

[Reggie1971]

Ha ha ha! Perfect timing.

[haakondahl]

Thank you for posting this! By coincidence, I just read this anecdote in Reagan Diaries (ed. Douglas Brinkley), and searched here for REAGAN 1982, in the off hope that somebody had put it up. Take care and God Bless.