Speaking of facts, lets look at a few. 1) The Economy over the last century: The early Reagan years were an inflection point for the US economy, the start of an economic boon that was unprecedented and still persists. Look at the Dow over the last century. Post depression to mid 60s line of best fit showed consistent growth. Mid 60s to 80 flat - no growth. Early 80s to the present, a new line of best fit representing consistent accelerated growth. We have enjoyed the best of times for the last quarter century. Reaganomics worked. Pure and simple. 2) 80's …
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FACT: Reagan's 525 electoral votes (out of of 538) is the highest total ever received by a presidential candidate.
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lams, born in 1971- Fortunately you weren't olod enough to vote during the Reagan years, in fact your first Presidential election would have been '92. High unemployment during the Reagan years? Yes, when he took office and that was one of the reasons he beat Carter. Look at the historical data as published by the US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics which follow. Facts: 1981 7.6 1982 9.7 1983 9.6 1984 7.5 1985 7.2 1986 7.0 1987 6.2 1988 5.5 1989 5.3 So when you were old enough to get your first job in 1987, his economic policies had …
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Chopper- No I am not on the payroll, but I am aso not a liar. I was an Econ grad student and in my humble opinion Reagonomics worked! If you disagree, that is fine. Don't question my understaning of the economy - you were in diapers when I started studying economics. You have a lot to learn ... go learn and then pop off. When you do ... you will see the light! XXOOXX, I already have a Masters.
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tabonsel ...If you graduated Magna Cum Laude in Business Administration, who did you pay to take your economics classes? Did you get your degree online? Somehow you learned it all backwards! From an article on the JFK-Reagan-Bush tax-cut model ... What is strange about this story is that Democrats used to be for tax cuts. As Pete du Pont pointed out, John F. Kennedy espoused revenue-producing tax cuts when he said that “an economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough revenue to balance our budget, just as it will never produce enough jobs or enough profits.” The Democratic …
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chopper Only one thing to add. The deficits resulted from government spending increasing faster ... because the house was controlled by the Dems throught his entire presidency. In fact, the Democratic Party maintained control of the House from 1954 until 1995.
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dhfabian- (to borrow a line from the Gipper) It is not that you don't know anything, it's just that you know so much that isn't so. Our Country hit rock bottom when Carter was in office and when Reagan took officehe turned things around very quickly giving us back our "shinig city on a hill." That is precisely why he was re-elected with such a landslide. The only state Mondale won was his own home state and that was by only a few thousand votes. Look at the red-blue state map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ElectoralCollege1984-Large.png There was only one blue state! I suppose it …
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Come on. You are making this up as you go along. If Carter was such a good President why did Reagan beat him in a landslide? If he was so great, why did he not get re-elected? If Reagan was so bad why did he get re-elected? Why did Mondale only win one state, his home state, and only there by a few thousand votes. I'll tell you why. The vast majority of Americans don't see things the way you do. And speaking of international opinions of Reagan, during the 80s many Europeans were strongly opposed to Reagan and his policies. …
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from article in top UK paper yesterday: ... Ronald Reagan, who is still lauded for winning the Cold War and restoring hope and confidence in the country. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/27/wus127.xml
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There you go again. You are expressing your opinion as if it were factual and you are blatantly wrong. FACT: As far as ending the Cold War, Reagan has gone down in history as one of the key individuals who helped bring down the wall. Last Tuesdy at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, President Lech Kaczynski of Poland bestowed the Republic of Poland's highest award posthumously on former President Reagan for his efforts to stamp out communism and bring democracy to the people of Poland. That is a lot more telling than your ranting. FACT: From an article …
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Bmier- First of all, I don't believe in running away from any problems and secondly I am not a fascist and neither was Reagan. I think it is good and healthy to have debates and wasn't asking him to leave. I was just curious if America was as bad as he was saying why he didn't seek greener pastures rather than enduring the agony of living in a free market society. By the way, your second post was hilarious! Where do you get this stuff? You should write novels. You imagination is incredible! Best regards, Bulldog
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