--- In [email protected], "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Reagan TRIPLED the national debt during his tenure, and left the bill > for George H.W. Bush to pay for with the largest tax increase in > American history at the time. Children 10 generations from now will > be born into Reagan's debt. You falsely claimed that SDI made the > Soviets "blink" and I refuted it.
Unless I missed something, your refutation consisted of 'no it didn't.' That doesn't quite qualify. > Reagan promised a balanced budget in 3 years, but he never even > PROPOSED a balanced budget in 8 years or even pretended to. > > People were better off in the 70's than they are now. Thanks to > Reagan and the two Bush's deficit spending and the insane amount of > inflation they created, the dollar is virtually worthless. It takes 2 > incomes to survive. One to pay the taxes (for a bloated and huge > military that doesn't defend America and instead attacks those who > pose no harm to us), and one to pay the bills....barely. > > In the 70's a regular single income could pay for a home, a car, a > stay at home wife/mom, and 2 kids. > > Inflation and unemployment were both higher in the '70s thanks to socialist economic policies of LBJ and his Congress, not to mention the disaster that was the Carter administration. Don't confuse the California real estate boom and the effect it has had on cost of living with the state of the economy. People have more disposable income than ever. The fact the cost of living is so high in some places can be directly attributed to socialist policies which restrict housing availability and the public employee pensions which are bankrupting the economy. Of course, you also never mention the cost of socialist federal retirement and health care, 1.2 TRILLION just for this year! The cost of social programs DWARFS any military spending and it is just plain disingenuous to ignore that when complaining about the cost of the military. I'll take the military budget over the social welfare budget any day of the week. > > > --- In [email protected], "Geof Gibson" <geofgibson@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Paul" <ptireland@> wrote: > > > > > > While the president does not make the budget, every president gives a > > > proposed budget. Reagan never even PROPOSED a balanced budget. He > > > never vetoed all that excessive spending. In fact he pushed for > > > greater and greater military spending and spending on SDI which never > > > produced anything for America. > > > > > > Reagan preached small government, but grew government faster than > > > anyone before him and at a faster rate than anyone since him except > > > for George W. Bush who has a Republican Congress and who spends money > > > faster than any Democratic Congress has ever done. > > > > > > > Regan's proposed budget had far lower spending and was pronounced > > "DOA" the the Democrats. > > When first elected, Rgan proposed total elimination of four Federal > > departments, also stopped by Congress. > > As has been stated and not refuted, SDI made Gorbachev and the Soviets > > blink in Iceland. > > Marginal tax rates are still far lower than the 70% when Regan was > > elected. That is but one aspect of his legacy. > > > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
