Ronald Reagan - Message to Washington

[gavrilo2007]

what a phony: he grew government, not decreased it!

[diogotomediogo]

1:38 ahahah very nice one xD

[naumanjaymalik]

yeaahhhh, except none of his bullshit worked and he increased the debt by an insane amount, left the poor to fend for themselves, joined Wall Street and Washington at the hip, and left a legacy whose repercussions we still cannot get rid of. Good job Hollywood.

[ChihuahuaboyDH]

GET THE MESSAGE OBAMA?!!?

Bravo, Ronald Wilson Reagan! To the greatest President our country has ever seen! R.I.P....1911-2004. You cared for America as if it were your own child. Thank you for serving your country, Sir!

[1235dar]

@ChihuahuaboyDH Sorry pal,i watch some of Reagans tax talk and it sounds really familiar,like oh yeah it's what Obama has been sayin.So cherry pick what you want,I can see it all right here.

[DolceEbellaAldrin]

All of his videos are scary...because these things are happening now...obamagedon!

[Buckeye718683]

This is why he was re-elected by 84%

[laaxe]

Where are the speaches where increasing unemployment, doubling the debt, and granting amnesty to Mexicans happened? Reagan let that shit happen, and you idiots don't fucking remember! Blow me!

[ssjwes]

Imagen more than 50% of your income going to the fed alone before also adding on state and local taxes... thats what it was like before the 80's if you did anything worthwhile.

[ssjwes]

Most the hate for Reagan you see on youtube is from people that dont remember the 70's and 80's.... and had to live through the Carter Admins super inflation and gas lines sometimes waiting and not even being able to get any gas...

[MegaELECTRICEYE]

This country has gone down the tubes because of his economic policy's. For one deregulation of our financial institutions. Obama can do the things Reagan did and the right wing dumb sheep would be ready to remove him from office. Oh Ronald does its all good for America. Hey retarded americans who voted for him, how did those weapons get to Iran?, And what about the 250 marines killed in Lebanon?

[JRMCNEA]

I find it disingenuous for "Ronnie" to be giving a speech on how evil the government is when he is sitting in one of the highest seats of the land, Deregulating industries and draining funds from public projects. I really hate how these people defund projects that they don't believe in while protecting their pet projects that make their donors hundreds of millions of dollars. funding NPR and PBS is socialism, but subsidizing inefficient industries like Oil and automotive isn't? I call BULLSHIT!

[greenwich1754]

@JRMCNEA Oh, I agree - let them (Corporations) rise/fall on their own merits. As to "Ronnie" speaking of evil government when he is in it's highest seat, I believe he saw the greed and avarice that the acquisition of power does to any person, and wanted to remind people that THEY ultimately have the power, so long as we live in a free society. The problem to me is that so many decisions get made today WITHOUT our approval.

[JRMCNEA]

@greenwich1754 If he saw the greed that makes him more responsible because he partook in that greed. He deregulated the banks that lead to a market crash(surprise). And Republicans have the worst case of amnesia in the world.they are living proof you can't dig yourself out of a hole. Deregulate= Market crash +> deregulate more = even bigger Market Crash => deregulate even more? => we pay Banks 2 trillion dollars for fucking us all. And they party with the money and we do nothing about it.

[greenwich1754]

@JRMCNEA OK, so what's the solution? Regulate as former USSR/Communism/totalitarism? Put an iron fist on every business? People forget that there is also something called morals/ethics, which can not be regulated. I am a Republican, but am souring on the "party" system all together. DO WHAT'S RIGHT! Two truths: read Proverbs 30: 7-9, & understand what's wrong with government/people, and Jesus said, "the poor you will always have with you".

[JRMCNEA]

@greenwich1754 The solution is to regulate so that things that the founding fathers spoke against can't do what they said they would if left unchecked. They spoke against a killed a few central banks. We have one now created BY Bankers. They spoke against corporations reducing us to slaves. we have those across America destroying the Working class in America. And they spoke against the government enslaving us all through the destruction of the constitution. so lets start with those. those three.

[JRMCNEA]

@greenwich1754 2 people i can think of actually brought up putting Glass Steagal back in practice. But they where brushed under the rug and we started talking about a birth certificate. People have no clue what the market is and they continue to do the same thing that will cayuse another bubble and hurt the working class even more.

[JRMCNEA]

@greenwich1754 I wish there was an alarm I could use whenever we get tricked into wasting time talking about things that avert us from the important issues like healthcare jobs the worthlessness of our dollar, our morals as a country(torture and Getmo) and the 4 wars we are now fighting 2 of which had nothing to do with the first one. Al-Quada is in Pakistan but rather then dealing with the government we sneak bomb the civilians.While we are help Al-Quada in Libya. Look how far we've fallen...

[RandomEdge]

i was always ambivalent about reaganbut he has some good ideas about what government is and isnt. However it doesnt look like any of his ideas were realized.

[cheislame]

he was our last great president. i wish i could time travel.

[bagzie]

America needs another Reagan NOW!

[Rattapax]

You people who love Reagan so much, well, here are his tax rates: "The share of the income tax burden borne by the top 10 percent of taxpayers increased from 48.0 percent in 1981 to 57.2 percent in 1988. Meanwhile, the share of income taxes paid by the bottom 50 percent of taxpayers dropped from 7.5 percent in 1981 to 5.7 percent in 1988."

[thegreatkoua]

if we really stand together which that never work

[Chazbretroberts]

Best president in history!! 

[parrywv]

The greatest manipulator of modern times.

[MrTabby5000]

we tell the government to tell us what we told the government?

[ThePoliticalMoose]

Fuck you Ronald Reagan for dying

[bajoverga]

Reagan was a shitty president. He paid lip service to libertarianism but allowed his wife to increase the drug war because she was trying to divert attention away from her china collection.

[vaio344]

I love Reagan! He is dearly  missed!

[AlyssaLovesLife]

THIS IS GREAT~!!! Thanks NoahsArk for sharing this with me!

[GPSully]

Message from beyond the grave to Progressives.

[SuperGuitarman69]

The 3 greatest Presidents to ever live? George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Ronald Reagan. We miss you Mr.President. You were a great, great, great man!!

[Alienami]

@SuperGuitarman69 Reagan's favorite President: Calvin Coolidge

[SuperGuitarman69]

@Alienami He was a good one. I bet he was looking down proudly on Reagan

[forexrobots212]

@Alienami It does seem ironic that the Great Communicator would favor Silent Cal.

[pittbullbill]

lol this is the guy who destroyed the budget and started balancing the budget with social security, he was the first president to start running on major defecits

[Wraithdagger]

big government ftw. communism ftw ^_^

[charadester]

This is a case of ideology choosing to ignore the facts. Reagan and Bush, Sr. increased the national debt from 32% of GDP to 65% of GDP. Clinton reduced it to less than 60%. George W. Bush increased it once more to a record 75%. Obama has since increased it to a record 90%. The net change in national debt during Republican administrations since Carter in 1976 is +53%, and that for Democrats in 5% (15% for Obama minus -10% for Clinton). Republicans are the big spenders. God Bless America.

[fzqlcs]

@charadester Great analysis, except that it is Congress, not the President, that spends. Please recalculate.

[charadester]

@charadester You're right, but I think the President has a large part to play in introducing initiatives and pushing for their passage. With that correction, I think my point still stands.

[AtlasShruggery]

We did not, repeat did not trade arms for hostages" - Ronald Reagan the day after he got caught trading missiles for hostages with the Iranian ayatollahs.

[AtlasShruggery]

"Reagan taught us deficits don't matter" - Dick Cheney

[jordana8899]

ronald the santa.  he died a horrible death for his crimes and killing of innocent people around the world.

May Fire, Snakes, and Poinsons be upon his soul and upon all of his suppoters

[AtlasShruggery]

"Trees cause more pollution than automobiles"

"I don't worry about the deficit"

"Facts are stupid things"

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

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

[nyctoo]

You still didn't explain what you believe in. Just more name calling and unintelligent comments.

Thanks for playing, tool. Mom made you dinner yet? LOL

[mradamlaurie]

@AtlasShruggery 1.) You never read Atlas Shrugged and could not explain the meaning of it so drop the screen name guise. 2.) Going through your quotes, trees do emit more CO2 than automobiles. So that statement is correct and was in conjunction to the idiocy of radical environmentalism. Next, Reagan constantly spoke against the deficit but the Democrat controlled House which ultimately decides the budget only gave him his tax cuts but not his spending cuts.

[mradamlaurie]

@AtlasShruggery Look up David Stockman and Reagan's 1981 budget proposal. The real "party of 'NO'" in the House in the 1980s apparently didn't believe in a mandate for a true landslide, only for their candidates when they squeak by in elections. "If you've seen one tree you've seen them all," and "Facts are stupid things," were in context to mocking the sentiments of Democrats at the time.

[mradamlaurie]

@AtlasShruggery Do you consider President Obama to be a stalking murderer for his predator drones comment directed at the Jonas Brothers? Presidents are human beings and they joke, satire is a form of joking, try laughing at it once and your bitterness might let up a little. "We did not, repeat did not, trade arms for hostages," is debatable at best.

[mradamlaurie]

@AtlasShruggery . In the worst case scenario for you this claim is true and you would have to admit that Reagan didnt do what every President before, and since, him did. But, in the best case scenario weapons were traded without his knowledge.

[mradamlaurie]

@AtlasShruggery Question, do you believe Obamas Senate seat was sold without knowledge? Or, that his cabinet was full of tax cheats without his knowledge? Or, that racists, anti-Christians, and terrorist sympathizers were asked to be Czars and advisors without his knowledge? Just checking, because in Reagans case, it appears that regardless of what he knew, it saved American lives. Was that the purpose of the Obama actions?

[mradamlaurie]

@AtlasShruggery Finally, "The best minds are not in government Not in Reagan's government, THAT'S for sure. Wow, that is so unbelievably funny, you mocked someone with Alzheimers. Seriously, that was wit beyond what Ive seen in any comedian, EVER! You are pretty much the funniest guy I know for picking on people with tragic diseases. I cant wait to see your brilliant cancer and HIV routine.

[mradamlaurie]

@AtlasShruggery I suppose you do a great Ted Kennedy had brain cancer and that explains his way of thinking, right? Or, no wait, he was a Democrat so that would just be wrong; and by the way, regardless of their political views, it is wrong and you should be ashamed.

[mradamlaurie]

@AtlasShruggery read from the bottom up, you'll learn something.

[AtlasShruggery]

Ronald Reagan's Message to Washington:

"Trees cause more pollution than automobiles"

"I don't worry about the deficit"

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

"Facts are stupid things"

"We did not, repeat did not, trade arms for hostages" (Said Reagan after he was caught selling missiles to the Iranian ayatollahs in exdchange for hostages)

"The best minds are not in government"

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

[jaffijoe]

Reagan had great speeches and a great message, and I truly think that they represented his true principles. However, when you are POTUS, you are also the focus of coercion and compulsion of the PTB. Reagan tried to stick to his principles, but that assassination attempt got him expanding credit and running deficits in short order. No single man can confront the PTB. All that have were killed or narrowing escaped being killed. Then, they changed their tune. Reagan is no different.

[jaffijoe]

Also, Reagan followed the economic advice of Art Laffer. and his "Laffer Curve". Overall, the Laffer Curve is derived from Keynesian economics, and is therefore not founded in sound economic principles. That is why there were still great budget deficits in the 80s. Also, the ability of the government to take surplus SSA revenues and use them to "balance the budget" only masked the deficits. The national debt still grew by massive numbers for that time. Clinton used the same ruse in the 90s

[studentofsmith]

jaffijoe: "the Laffer Curve is derived from Keynesian economics, and is therefore not founded in sound economic principles."

The Laffer Curve, as I understand it, makes perfect sense. To suggest it's not sound just because Keynes had something to do with it is grossly unfair.

Of course you can only increase tax revenues by decreasing tax rates if you are on the far side of the curve. That's where the mistake was made, assuming tax rates were on the far side of the curve in the first place.

[jaffijoe]

@studentofsmith You do understand Say's Law, I hope? If so, then you would understand that markets clear, and that you cannot bestow upon one in which you have not already taken from another. That is why exchanges must be voluntary, and not influenced by government compulsion or coercion. The LC had EVERYTHING to do with tax rates. Yet, one only needs to look to Say's Law to understand that this means that it will come at the expense of the public in order to enrich those at the top. Scam.

[studentofsmith]

@jaffijoe I just looked up Say's Law. It also makes perfect sense. How it in any way refutes or disproves the Laffer Curve is beyond me.

The misapplication of the LC in term of tax policy in no way reflects badly on the theory itself. It wouldn't be the first time politicians abused economic theory.

[AmadeusStatisitician]

@studentofsmith what tax rate cuts are you referring to?

Regan's,Bush's, tax cuts increased tax overall revenue.

[MerlinxPV]

Reagan did what others have not/did not,won the cold war and cut taxes for record revenue in to the federal treasury while letting the private sector do what it does best,create wealth and prosperity. Reagan did not kill growth by raising taxes and did not disarm our country while redistributing wealth of the risk takers to those that did not earn it by risking their wealth because they have no drive to earn it.

[hyperseauton]

...so if government is evil, would that not make you in effect evil, Reagan?

[TheStonedSlackerNZ]

dnt forget that this reagan character was an actor.. he could bullshit to the people very well

[nakedBison69]

stonedSlacker bullshits to the people

[AtlasShruggery]

Republicans have spent 20 years and millions of dollars trying to spin Ronald Reagan as some kinda hero instead of the corrupt Hollywood airhead that Reagan actually was.

[nakedBison69]

atlasShruggery is a corrupt obamaniac airhead

[matsugakigaki]

Reagan proved peace through strength.

Obama is the man who proves defeat through UN resolutions, military reductions and appeasement of dictators such as Chavez, Putin, and Kim Ill Jung.

[trenel2008]

@matsugakigaki Reagan was a puppet of goldman sachs. He started the deterioration of the US economy. He was a butcher who backed bloody coops in many countries. Good riddance.

[IlyaKhleboyko]

@matsugakigaki Just shut up.

[napoleoninchina]

Great speech.

[chokeonsomestuff]

Obama in the White House has Ronnie spinning in his grave

[killirasa]

Ronald reagan is and was a stupid forever

[sodequis]

takes one to know one right?

idiot

[DaveEZ2009]

yep. -4. still, I have recently taken on the stance that i am somewhere between liberal and libertarian, am going to register as a republican. all i need to know is how to slam leftist pussy debates that we were weaker under reagan. specifically,

1: hostages were traded for guns and then hostages were taken again

2: aids was delivered poor funding/not until rock hudson came out of the closet

3: phony foreign policy: funding dictatorships /wars AND not really ending cold war

4: S&L

5: homeless

[Delirious1977]

Dude, do you know how stupid you sound, positioning your political "beliefs" around how to come out ahead in debates? You're basically saying, "Whichever belief system I have an easier time defending, that is what I will believe and proliferate." Congratulations, asshole, you will have a wonderful job in media journalism reading crap from a teleprompter (as long as you have the right look, but I'm sure our crap schools of journalism and political science will indoctrinate you there too.)

[DaveEZ2009]

i was looking for an answer not an asshole. thanks goatfucker. you managed to throw out some negativity, meanwhile you actually taught the viewers of this video nothing as well as yourself and i. you are angry that your WNBA team didn't make the playoffs or some shit so you go around youtube looking to make negative comments on other people's comments. i asked some smart questions, and you responded with a smartass answer. thank you for being a terrible person.

[nakedBison69]

1) the moment Reagen took office, the American hostages were released. Iran knew that they could play games with Carter, but not with President Reagan.

2) it is not up to the goverment to provide medical research, whether for AIDS or any other disease. that should be left to private institutions.

3) President Reagan almost single handedly brought down the Soviet Empire

4) Homelessness is caused by rent control and environmentalist policies, not by Reagan

[DaveEZ2009]

1)13 hostages were released before Reagan took office

2) they didn't think they could play games with Reagan, then why did they take hostages in the mid-80s and then even after Reagan sent them arms?

3) Reagan almost had nothing to do with the Soviet Empire's fall. Undemocratic socialism was the reason that people rose and the Cold War ended in 1991. Reagan's speech made page 3 of the newspaper because people were so caught up with Iran-Contra.

4) It's not up to the gov to aid terrorist either

[nakedBison69]

1) hostages were released the day President Reagan took office

2) they did not take American hostages while President Reagen was in office

3) President Reagan single handedly caused the downfall of the Soviet Union.

4) frreedom loving contras are terrorists only in an empty socialist mind like DaveEZ2009

[DaveEZ2009]

your 2 & 4 contradict each other. one involves you denying that hostages were taken, traded and sold for arms and then the profits of the arms went to the contras - the other calls contras freedom lovers. terrorists used to be called freedom fighters. i could care less about socialism or capitalism what i care about is democracy and where reagan funded right-wing guerilla groups was not China or Russia where they were abusing people. I thought Reagan was good until I read a Salvadorian writing

[nakedBison69]

daveEz2009 contradicts himself. DaveEz2009 does not see any difference between freedom hating terrorists and freedom loving freedom fighters.  daveEZ2009 thought Fidel Castro was good until he realized that he likes Adolf hussein Obama even more

[DaveEZ2009]

very mature. considering Reagan publicly made a dumbass of himself and put a wreath on SS Nazi burials in the mid-80s (True.) and your two last messages also contradicted themselves because in one 3) Reagan single handedly caused the downfall of the Soviet Union and in another 3) he almost single handedly caused the downfall of the Soviet Union. this from a man who thought trees caused pollution. freedom loving freedom fighters do not rape and torture civilians as the contras did. look it up.

[nakedBison69]

immature DaveEz2009 makes a public dumass of himself. President Reagan did indeed cause the downfall of the Soviet Union. DaveEz2009 causes pollution. DaveEz2009 does not say one word against the freedom-hating Sandanistas who raped and tortured civilians. look it up

[DaveEZ2009]

the rebels were much worse. in fact some weapons sent to the rebels were also ironically (and stupidly) given to some of the sandinistas. Either way, the US has no right to fund a bloody war in Central America, and Reagan did, illegally, and it nearly got him impeached. Further, some of the weapons he sent to Iran were used against our own men. Reagan funded right-wing dictatorships including Osama Bin Laden. What a laugh your arguments are. Redneck revisionist. Reagan, not Obama, is anti-US

[AtlasShruggery]

Great comments, DaveEZ. Excellent smackdown of nakedBison. Reagan groupies are terrified that people will learn the truth about Ronald Reagan.

Most of our current problems with terrorism are the result of Reagan's idiotic policy of arming Islamic extremists and coddling murderous dictators.

[nakedBison69]

stupid comments, atlasShruggery. excellent smackdown of atlasShruggery by nakedBison. Obamaniac groupies are terrified that people will learn the truth about that islamoMarxist terrorist.

most of our current problems with terrorism are the result of Adolf Obama's pro-islamofascist policies of throwing Israel to the dogs and coddling the murderous islamofascist terrorists

[DaveEZ2009]

nope. Atlas Shruggery does a pretty good job. This is recent history buddy. you don't have to go that far to see that Reagan makes Nixon look like the Messiah in comparison when it comes to corruption, foreign policy blunders, and even economic fuck-ups (though Nixon was more of a Keynesian). block to you later

[fochilin]

There are no Islamic extremists in the world, Atlas! They are but mythical figments of Republican Americans' imaginations! Where did your precious liberalism go?

Haven't you been listening to the media and our illustrious Holy Savior--President Barack, Blessed Be His Name, about not jumping to false conclusions?

[AtlasShruggery]

Of course there are Islamic extremists in the world, fochilin. Remember, they're the ones who attacked us on 9-11 when you Bushee RepubliCons were asleep at the switch with your pants down despite all the warnings.

[fochilin]

Ok, that's all very fine.

But how come you Democraps can't look at Hasan and call a spade a spade? Why has the administration worried about 'backlash' and 'false conclusions' (that aren't false), instead of focusing on what's a real problem in the world? The answer is that the liberal thought police want to control the access of the average person to the truth.

BUT when we're all dead for clinging to political correctness, 'despite all the warnings,' at least we'll know no one was offended!

[AtlasShruggery]

The liberal thought police? Are you kidding? It was you Bushee RepubliCons who called anyone who dared to criticize your idiotic invasion of Iraq a "traitor".

Hasan is an accused murderer who will likely be convicted & executed. It's only the GOPer shills at Faux News & the conservative propaganda machine who insist that Hasan's act be called terrorism. That's because you wingers are still embarrassed, as you should be, that you were caught asleep at the switch with your pants down on 9-11.

[fochilin]

Ok. Thanks.

[nyctoo]

@AtlasShruggery Oh look, the liberal welfare baby crawled his way into the Youtube. I bet you're excited, almost half way to the first of the month!

[AtlasShruggery]

Silly liitle Teabagger. I'm probably far more of a capitalist than you are. I just don't let my love for profits blind me to the idiocy of you RepubliCons and your Trickle Down Reaganomics.

Washington couldn;t tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth and Reagan couldn't tell the difference.

"I don't worry about the deficit" - Ronald Reagan

"Reagan taught us deficits don't matter" - Dick Cheney

[nyctoo]

Stop spelling Republican as RepubliCon, and Fox News as Faux News. If you are wanting a intelligent argument, that automatically voids everything you say and makes you look like a complete and utter idiot.

It reminds me of black people who talk like gangbangers but demand respect. If you can't talk intelligently, you don't get a intelligent conservation.

Oh by the way, What would you describe yourself? Are you one of those tinfoil hat making basement virgins?

[AtlasShruggery]

An intelligent argument from a Faux News Teabagger like you? Are you kidding?

"tin foil hat making basement virgins"? Nah. You must be thinking of Glenn and the Beckerheads.

[DaveEZ2009]

about how her family members were killed because of Reagan's funds. that led me to read about the secret funds for the contras and the abuse that they committed. He funded so-called freedom fighters in nations with democratic socialism and supported apartheid in South Africa, he had virtually no support amongst African Americans including Bishop Tutu& Iran-Contra lowered our standing in the world just like President Bush's war on terror. Patriotism is more than just standing in front of a flag.

[nakedBison69]

DaveEz2009 has nothing good to say about the freedom loving contras and nothing bad to say about the freedom hating Sandanistas. Bishop ThreeThree is a shitler-loving antisemite. The world that hates freedom naturally hates freedom loving america. daveEZ2009's patriotism is for his socialist buddies

[CRDZA]

ohh...how I wish you were here Ronnie

[AndrewMann552]

Reaganism is dead. Just look at Central America, Ortega is back in power in Nicaragua and the FMLN just won the elections in El Salvador, two groups Reagan spent BILLIONS to destroy. Let's move forward people.

[esj8341]

Rush v Steele.

In the RNCs rush to appear more politically correct, it gave the head job to a guy who isn't even a conservative.

First the non Republican, Republican presidential candidate McCain and now a RNC chair who is a social progressive.

I expect republican ideals to be better represented by our Republicans leaders!

[jjurado11]

Message to OBAMATEAM!

[RobynReginaLyle]

I <3 Ronald Reagan.

[YegorNikolaev]

Thank you SO MUCH for this video

[ComstockNevada]

The Republican Party should change it's name to one of the following:

The Christian Socialist Party,

The Evangelical Socialist Party,

or

The NeoConSocialist Party

[racybr]

Comstock, does that make you the fascist then? Why are you so threatened by Christianity? Why do you hate Christians so much? Why the fear? Neo-con? Are you an anti-Semite as well? Perhaps you're the fascist pig in the room. The Republican Party has fallen, and deservedly so for all its rancid failures, but it can be rebuilt by a liberty-minded movement, and restored to its rightful place as the watchdog reigning in the gubmint and restoring our republic. We The People must lead that movement.

[ComstockNevada]

I have no issues with any religion. Many people of various faiths share the Neo-Con ideas, so how is that anti-semitic?

The Republicans are not much different than Democrats. Follow the money.

I know socialism when I see it. I also know enough about islamic extremism to understand that IRAQ had MUCH less to do with 9-11 than SAUDI ARABIA did.

racybr, tell me how "DEFICIT SPENDING" helps the Republican Party?

[racybr]

I don't give a crap about the Republican Party. And you're right that socialism is on the march, and the Republican Party has had its hand in it. However, to claim that Reagan helped advance it is absurd. Reagan's record in WH shows the only deficit he would accept was defense spending against the Marxist tyranny in the east. Beyond that, he was forced to deal with the reality of a Tip O'Neill Congress. Would you have shrunk the budget in the 1980s at the expense of our defenses? I suspect not.

[ComstockNevada]

I stated previously that I liked President Reagan, however, it is simply incorrect to say he shank govt. I'm 43, I lived and prospered during the Reagan years. I know he spoke well about the dangers of expansive govt and it's infringment on our sacred freedoms. He, nor did the Congress of 1981 to 1989, do anything to shrink the size of govt.

I fear that most now would not know smaller govt if they actually seen it.

[ComstockNevada]

"Political Correctness" has been upon us for about 20 years now. When will the Republican Party stand up to it??

[racybr]

Well when you're right you're right. I'm tired of it too.

[ComstockNevada]

Any tax code that contains social engineering is a liberal-leftist tax code.

Any federal budget with a deficit is a liberal-leftist budget.

Two great examples of smaller govt:

Cayman Islands

Singapore

[ComstockNevada]

Each yearly budget during the Reagan was larger that the previous year's budget.

How did, and specifically where, did Ronald Reagan reduce the size of the federal govt??

Reagan never reduced the size of the budget. He NEVER! vetoed a budget for being too large.

I liked Reagan as a person, but his ACTUALLY DOING something to reduce govt is a myth.

Dr. Ron Paul, listen to him.....

[TimeWarp66]

Now hold up,

Reagan reduced tax rates from 70% to 28%, and seriously slashed entitlement programs. Eliminated almost all wage and price controls. Reagan deregulated the market more then he reduced the size of government. But as Reagan himself even said: "A government program is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this Earth." Reagan stopped the growth of government, but he couldn't decrease it. And keep in mind the Dems controlled both houses of congress.

[racybr]

Reagan worked with the Congress he was given, and you know that. You try to make Ron Paul sound like someone greater than Reagan or some such. Grow up, Ron Paul catered to all sort of green-libertarian nonsense when he ran in the primary and you know it. He's not what we're looking for until he dispenses with his kook supporters and asinine position on foreign policy and modern war. And don't give me the cool-aid garbage or the anti-Semitic neo-con crap. It's a temper tantrum and just as valid.

[ComstockNevada]

1. Are you aware of what a "VETO" is?

I should tell you to grow up, and pose this question:

Most of the 9-11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. Yet, President Bush targeted IRAQ. Why? What about Saudi Arabia?

[racybr]

President Bush targeted the Taliban and al-Qa'ida after 9/11. Iraq was long in violation of its cease-fire agreements after Kuwait. Hussein used the terrorism problem to bully his way out of weapons inspections. The only way to bring Iraq back into compliance was to remove it's extant regime. I understand the argument that we could've ignored those violations to focus on Taliban and AQ, but the simple fact was that AQ was moving out of its Afghan safehaven. Conflict in Iraq was inevitable.

[ComstockNevada]

Iraq,....well,..we sent over 600,000 troops to the gulf in 1990-1991 just to remove Saddam from Kuwait. In 2003, we sent less than 200,000 to occupy the land.

Iraq, could have been better planned..

...again,..what about Saudi Arabia??

[racybr]

Good question. What about Saudi Arabia? I'm not sure I understand what you're asking.

[shaokem]

it was poor planning to send only 200,000... but it was thought after we had taken baghdad (which we did) all we'd need to do is police the place. but the insurgency was highly mis calculated, but we solved that problem with the troop serge... so now thats been taken care of... what about Saudi Arabia? should we tell them to stop supporting the Palestinians/Hamas in killing Jewish people? or ask SA if they have any more extremist islamic hijackers left?

[DescentToCocytus]

It would be really great if Reagan actually acted in accordance with his rhetoric. Alas, it is time for a revolution; a Libertarian revolution!

[WelfareRobot]

There's some truth in that statement, but people often forget, from the vantage point of 25+ years in the future, that Regan faced a large obstacle: Democrats in Congress. They controlled the House and had a large presence in the Senate too (controlling that for at least a couple of years). The other part of that story is his defense deficits, which I would say worked out pretty well, wouldn't you? The USSR no longer exists. My real criticism of Reagan was his amnesty for illegals in 1986.

[whoo689]

It's really too bad the rest of the world buys into this big gov't nonsense. They're trapped in statism. Very few of them actually consider letting the free market work or can imagine a world where government isn't huge, bloated and wasteful. It's a shame.

We can show the world that gov't doesn't have to be big for us to be prosperous. Government CAN stay out of our lives.

[danbison]

Reagan, typical republican. What comes out of their mouths sounds good, but these bitches have driven us into the ground.

[Auggie56]

Typical democrat. Can't say what they want to say with out calling names or make a personal attack.

[danbison]

I am not a democrat.

[xleax]

Show some respect

[AmericanPatriot92]

Typical democrat, blaming the Republicans for everything they're responsible for.

[danbison]

I am not a democrat. I am not a republican. You have to blame the republicans for where we are just as much as the dems. Both parties are raping us. BTW, I love libertypen's channel. I am a subscriber and I always forward his vids. I just have zero faith in political parties.

[Elasaltaculos]

now, that is true. They are the neocons and socialist party, and the difference between them are trivial issues.

[Elasaltaculos]

The Republican party does not stand for what it used to stand for. You want to hear what a republican sounds like, look up Ron Paul

[taylor22222222]

Yeah, they're getting a bad reputation now, but I don't see how that makes democrats better!

[zzx2847]

5 STARS ALL THE WAY!!

[G0dspelronin]

if we add my 5 stars that'll make it ten stars!