TPMtv Extra: South Carolina Ronald Reagan Debate

As far as Regan fixing the economy sorry IT WAS NOT REGAN, it was of course a Liberal by the name of Paul Voulker that saved the economy

Regan overrated! soviets were in trouble way before regan got elected, NYTimes even wrote articles on the soviet union demise in 1979, a year before regan was even elected! The cold war did not start in 1980 many presidents deserve credit for winning that battle, Regan is the least of them

OBAMA 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah! Obama 08!

lower taxes, further deregulation, and reduced government spending. But their rhetoric is easily countered by the evidence. History confirms the soundness of the Reagan, and now Bush, approach to economic policy. Under President Reagan, federal revenues increased even with tax cuts, federal spending did not decrease, the country experienced the longest period of sustained growth during peacetime in its history, and the rich paid more taxes proportionately than they had before the tax cuts

Even with the growing surplus, however, a small but vocal faction in Congress opposes any policies that would allow taxpayers to keep more of their own money through real tax cuts and that generally would shift power from the government to the people. This attempt to rewrite history should not be surprising. Proponents of additional government spending try to make the Reagan boom appear to be a bust because they fear that Reagan's success will help President Bush build popular support for

As Exhibit 1 shows, the economic record of the last 17 years is remarkable, particularly when viewed against the backdrop of the 1970s. The United States has experienced two of the longest and strongest expansions in our history back to back. They have been interrupted only by a shallow eight-month downturn in 1990-91.

As the Joint Economic Committee reported in April 2000: In 1981, newly elected President Ronald Reagan refocused fiscal policy on the long run. He proposed, and Congress passed, sharp cuts in marginal tax rates. The cuts increased incentives to work and stimulated growth. These were funda-mental policy changes that provided the foundation for the Great Expansion that began in December 1982.

Congress should embrace President Bush's tax reform plan as a responsible return to the most successful economic policy of the 20th century. President Ronald Reagan's record includes sweeping economic reforms and deep across-the-board tax cuts, market deregulation, and sound monetary policies tocontain inflation. His policies resulted in the largest peacetime economic boom in American history and nearly 35 million more jobs.