"A Time for Choosing" by Ronald Reagan

Reagan is that odd gawd, worshiped from afar, worshiped for magic and praised for something he didn't even do. He raised taxes how many times? And The S&L scandal, while smaller than the Clinton/Bush crash, was the biggest in its time. If the republicans once again gain power they may actually outdo even these momentous failures, fallacies of the imagination, that have real consequences. Iran Contra reminds one that politics never changes.

"It’s conservative lore that Reagan the icon cut taxes, while George H.W. Bush the renegade raised them. As Stockman recalls, "No one was authorized to talk about tax increases on Ronald Reagan’s watch, no matter what kind of tax, no matter how justified it was." Yet raising taxes is exactly what Reagan did. He did not always instigate those hikes or agree to them willingly–but he signed off on them. One year after his massive tax cut, Reagan agreed to a tax increase to reduce the deficit that restored fully one-third of the previous year’s reduction. (In a bizarre bit of self-deception, Reagan, who never came to terms with this episode of ideological apostasy, persuaded himself that the three-year, $100 billion tax hike–the largest since World War II–was actually "tax reform" that closed loopholes in his earlier cut and therefore didn’t count as raising taxes.)" Newsflash: Ronald Reagan Raised Taxes (You Idiots) | Firedoglake



"....there's a growing realization that the starting point for many of the catastrophes confronting the United States today can be traced to Reagan's presidency. There's also a grudging reassessment that the "failed"- presidents of the 1970s--Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter--may deserve more credit for trying to grapple with the problems that now beset the country." OpEdNews - Article: Ronald Reagan: Worst President Ever?
 
Reagan is that odd gawd, worshiped from afar, worshiped for magic and praised for something he didn't even do. He raised taxes how many times? And The S&L scandal, while smaller than the Clinton/Bush crash, was the biggest in its time. If the republicans once again gain power they may actually outdo even these momentous failures, fallacies of the imagination, that have real consequences. Iran Contra reminds one that politics never changes.

"It’s conservative lore that Reagan the icon cut taxes, while George H.W. Bush the renegade raised them. As Stockman recalls, "No one was authorized to talk about tax increases on Ronald Reagan’s watch, no matter what kind of tax, no matter how justified it was." Yet raising taxes is exactly what Reagan did. He did not always instigate those hikes or agree to them willingly–but he signed off on them. One year after his massive tax cut, Reagan agreed to a tax increase to reduce the deficit that restored fully one-third of the previous year’s reduction. (In a bizarre bit of self-deception, Reagan, who never came to terms with this episode of ideological apostasy, persuaded himself that the three-year, $100 billion tax hike–the largest since World War II–was actually "tax reform" that closed loopholes in his earlier cut and therefore didn’t count as raising taxes.)" Newsflash: Ronald Reagan Raised Taxes (You Idiots) | Firedoglake



"....there's a growing realization that the starting point for many of the catastrophes confronting the United States today can be traced to Reagan's presidency. There's also a grudging reassessment that the "failed"- presidents of the 1970s--Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter--may deserve more credit for trying to grapple with the problems that now beset the country." OpEdNews - Article: Ronald Reagan: Worst President Ever?

Why is that the media wants obama to look like Reagan when times are tough? Yet the ubber left hate him?
 

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