Why do conservatives worship Reagan when he was nothing more than a big-spending, gun-grabbing leftist?

[rebeldor]

Originally Posted by No_Recess

OP has a problem with Guatemalan babies being massacred at St. Ronnie's behest?

Wimp.

P.S. Never sell Bonzo's co-star short when it comes to spying. Obama-level? Probably handicapped by lesser technology but never forget Executive Order 12333 which had more teeth than the Patriot Act, in some areas, 20 years prior to 9/11.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...fc2_story.html

A "law" which not many Americans know about.

Keep waving those flags, though.

[rebeldor]

Originally Posted by njforlife92

President Reagan's tax cuts not only helped corporations, but individual taxpayers and small businesses as well. Reagan reduced federal regulations, lowered barriers to free trade, worked on a bipartisan basis to strengthen the solvency of social security, and he renominated Paul Volcker has Federal Reserve Chairman after he successfully increased interest rates to stop hyperinflation.

Today, Donald Trump's tax reform package has only given small tax relief to small businesses and individuals. He has failed to repeal Dodd-Frank and the employer mandate in the Affordable Care Act. He has increased barriers to free trade. He has refused to consider reforming a single entitlement program. He nominated a Federal Reserve Chairman who has maintained a failing status-quo on monetary policy.

Reagan raised taxes FIVE times.

He bailed out Ponzi Insecurity.

He pushed for and signed a bill raising the drinking age to 21.

He doubled the debt.

He was a nanny-state leftist.

[rebeldor]

Originally Posted by TheMoreYouKnow

We don't, it's just easy for ignorant people to claim that we do as just another way to blindly bash people.

It's fun to bash ignorant people.

[moneill]

Originally Posted by TheMoreYouKnow

We don't, it's just easy for ignorant people to claim that we do as just another way to blindly bash people.

I've always thought Republicans/conservatives bowed at the altar of Reagan.

Doesn't Trump bring him up now and again to support some kind of policy of Trump's or to evoke some kind of Republican loyalty?

[No_Recess]

Originally Posted by rebeldor

It's fun to bash ignorant people.

I can't be ignorant.

I went to public schools in the 1980's after St. Ronnie doubled the Dept. of Ed budget even though he campaigned on abolishing it.

I gots me twice the government learnin' than I was gettin' under Carter!

Marx probably had an orgasm from the pits of hell after "small government" savior Reagan did that.

[Westie15]

Originally Posted by notnamed

He was also the originator of NAFTA, which Republicans like to blame Democrats for now?

He was one of our worst presidents and set us on this path of unrecoverable deficit and debt.

Lol, he had his warts but he was a good president at the minimum.

After the abomination of Carter he seemed amazing

[whogo]

Reagan was the best President since Ike. Not saying a whole lot.