Is government our problem, as Reagan said? (drug, healthcare, highway)

[Fleet]

Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale

Reagan's line about government being the problem is about as simple-minded as his wife's campaign to "just say no" to drugs.

Would you have preferred Nancy's motto to be: "Say yes to drugs?"

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by pvande55

Reagan was certainly a popular President who held sway over the public.
But if he thought government was the problem, why did he enlarge it?
"Reagan's Liberal Legacy" by Joshua Green

And why did he want to be able to run for president a third time!

Ronald Reagan: I have come to the conclusion that the 22nd Amendment limiting the presidency to two terms was a mistake. Shouldn't the people have the right to vote for someone as many times as they want to vote for him

[roysoldboy]

Originally Posted by GregW

Governments that spend without taxing the top 10% are the problem. The huge Federal Debt is Raygun's legacy.

Pelosi, Greg. Those 10% you speak of pay so much more in taxes than the rest of us do that keeping on with that kind of talk will get us nowhere.

[roysoldboy]

Originally Posted by Old Gringo

Government is sometimes the problem, other times, the solution.

Name a couple of reasonable times that Government was the solution other than wars.

[Old Gringo]

Originally Posted by roysoldboy

Name a couple of reasonable times that Government was the solution other than wars.

Off the top of my head:

1. Interstate commerce

2. Civil rights

[Roadking2003]

Yes, Reagan was right. Government is the problem, not the solution.

[roysoldboy]

Originally Posted by Katiana

And why did he want to be able to run for president a third time!

Ronald Reagan: I have come to the conclusion that the 22nd Amendment limiting the presidency to two terms was a mistake. Shouldn't the people have the right to vote for someone as many times as they want to vote for him

Reagan didn't know that Clinton was coming.

[Roadking2003]

Originally Posted by Old Gringo

Off the top of my head:

1. Interstate commerce

2. Civil rights

You have to be kidding. Government brought us slavery and segregation. Did you forget that slavery was LEGAL and condoned by government ?

[roysoldboy]

Originally Posted by Old Gringo

Off the top of my head:

1. Interstate commerce

2. Civil rights

Interstate commerce? That i the excuse our government has used to come up with so many things that hurt us. For one example let me suggest Obamacare.

[Old Gringo]

Originally Posted by Roadking2003

You have to be kidding. Government brought us slavery and segregation. Did you forget that slavery was LEGAL and condoned by government ?

Slavery and segregation were state laws and policies. It took the federal government to put an end to both.