Reagan's Prophetic Warning against Liberal Ideology

[Truth Detector]

As we move towards the election and rise above the shrill cacophony of the left leaning media, here are some prophetic words from a former Liberal Democrat turned Republican and great President:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3clRraH77M

[stjames1_53]

As we move towards the election and rise above the shrill cacophony of the left leaning media, here are some prophetic words from a former Liberal Democrat turned Republican and great President:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3clRraH77M

freaking brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Subdermal]

As we move towards the election and rise above the shrill cacophony of the left leaning media, here are some prophetic words from a former Liberal Democrat turned Republican and great President:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3clRraH77M

That video was really well dubbed.

Reagan. My God do we need Reagan.

[debbietoo]

That video was really well dubbed.

Reagan. My God do we need Reagan.

"Regananomics" destroyed the economy in this country! Brought about the deficit, by cutting taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Share this link.

https://youtu.be/z5CCRI1vdwE

[Oboe]

"Regananomics" destroyed the economy in this country! Brought about the deficit, by cutting taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Share this link.

https://youtu.be/z5CCRI1vdwE

Been watching CNN and MSNBC again, little Debbie?

[Chris]

"Regananomics" destroyed the economy in this country! Brought about the deficit, by cutting taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Share this link.

https://youtu.be/z5CCRI1vdwE


Rather Congress as they control taxation and spending. They cut taxes but not spending.

[FindersKeepers]

"Regananomics" destroyed the economy in this country! Brought about the deficit, by cutting taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Share this link.





Baloney.

Reagan presided over the largest numerical drop in the Misery Index that we've seen in a president's term. The Misery Index measure the actual effect the economy has on the citizens by factoring in unemployment and inflation.

That was no easy task, given that the index was so high when Carter left office.

[Chris]

“A Time for Choosing” (http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/a-time-for-choosing-ronald-reagan-enters-the-political-stage)


...And this idea that government is beholden to the people, that it has no other source of power except the sovereign people, is still the newest and the most unique idea in all the long history of man’s relation to man.

This is the issue of this election: whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capitol can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves.

You and I are told increasingly we have to choose between a left or right. Well I’d like to suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There’s only an up or down: [up] man’s old—old-aged dream, the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order, or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. And regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would trade our freedom for security have embarked on this downward course....


You most of you are going on and on about the left, liberals, and the right, conservatives. Here Reagan rejects that horizontal dichotomy for a vertical one between authoritarianism and libertarianism.

https://i.snag.gy/RCZSa8.jpg

[Common]

As having been a working adult when reagan was elected in my mid 30s and being over 40 at the end of his terms. I KNOW

Reagans tax cuts were passed by a BIPARTISAN CONGRESS. The house was Democrat Majority Ruled when the vote for tax cuts passed. Read it in the liberal NY times.

http://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/30/politics/30REAG.html

[Standing Wolf]

Most self-identified Conservatives are every bit as enthusiastic about controlling others' lives, minds and property as anyone else - they simply tend to focus on different aspects of those things.

[Chris]

As having been a working adult when reagan was elected in my mid 30s and being over 40 at the end of his terms. I KNOW

Reagans tax cuts were passed by a BIPARTISAN CONGRESS. The house was Democrat Majority Ruled when the vote for tax cuts passed. Read it in the liberal NY times.

http://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/30/politics/30REAG.html


Neither party is really interested in spending cuts...

https://i.snag.gy/hzgo6W.jpg

[del]

i'm torn among choosing trading weapons for hostages to iran, the unavenged death of 241 marines or the rape and murder of 4 catholic nuns as reagan's greatest accomplishment.



it's a tough call

[Oboe]

Most self-identified Conservatives are every bit as enthusiastic about controlling others' lives, minds and property as anyone else - they simply tend to focus on different aspects of those things.

I've been booted on more conservative forums than lib shill sites like this one. The far right is very controlling and when submission is rejected, they are more shrill than a blending of Exotix, jimmy boy and OGIS all rolled into one! LOL!

[Subdermal]

"Regananomics" destroyed the economy in this country! Brought about the deficit, by cutting taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Share this link.

https://youtu.be/z5CCRI1vdwE

Absolute nonsense. That deficit you're complaining about was the result of a lying Congress, which Reagan battled constantly. Finally, he agreed to raise taxes (tax and spenders, and liberals, were whining incessantly about his large initial tax cuts), but negotiated with BigGov types like Bob Dole and Tip O'Neill $3 in spending cuts for every $1 in tax increases.

They reneged. Hear that? They FLAT LIED. That's why Reagan wanted Line Item Veto: to CUT OUT the nonsense pork barrel crap that loaded up the tax increase bill.

That's why you had your deficit. We KNOW that, because REVENUES into the Government through the Reagan Economic Boom (the largest in the last century) looked like THIS:

http://taxfoundation.org/sites/taxfoundation.org/files/docs/Reagan tax cuts and revenue.jpg

Now, @debbietoo (http://thepoliticalforums.com/member.php?u=2042), I'd like your input.

How, exactly, can a deficit explode, if revenues into the Treasury exploded too?

And what, exactly should be to blame for such a thing?

And then last: how do the deficits created during Reagan compare to those incurred under Obama - and why are Obama's deficits supposed to be making the economy WORK, but Reagan's were supposed to 'destroy' the economy?

[Bo-4]

Saint Ronald would be teabagged to death if he ran for anything today.

https://mic.com/articles/125272/why-ronald-reagan-would-never-win-the-2016-republican-primary#.iFOT5YZ2a

[Bo-4]

That video was really well dubbed.

Reagan. My God do we need Reagan.

LoL - he wouldn't be elected dog catcher by today's R party.

[debbietoo]

https://www.aeaweb.org/research/why-does-the-economy-do-better-democrats-white-house
Absolute nonsense. That deficit you're complaining about was the result of a lying Congress, which Reagan battled constantly. Finally, he agreed to raise taxes (tax and spenders, and liberals, were whining incessantly about his large initial tax cuts), but negotiated with BigGov types like Bob Dole and Tip O'Neill $3 in spending cuts for every $1 in tax increases.

They reneged. Hear that? They FLAT LIED. That's why Reagan wanted Line Item Veto: to CUT OUT the nonsense pork barrel crap that loaded up the tax increase bill.

That's why you had your deficit. We KNOW that, because REVENUES into the Government through the Reagan Economic Boom (the largest in the last century) looked like THIS:

http://taxfoundation.org/sites/taxfoundation.org/files/docs/Reagan tax cuts and revenue.jpg

Now, @debbietoo (http://thepoliticalforums.com/member.php?u=2042), I'd like your input.

How, exactly, can a deficit explode, if revenues into the Treasury exploded too?

And what, exactly should be to blame for such a thing?

And then last: how do the deficits created during Reagan compare to those incurred under Obama - and why are Obama's deficits supposed to be making the economy WORK, but Reagan's were supposed to 'destroy' the economy?

Why does the economy do better when Democrats are in the White House?

Then again, the historical record shows that the economy has done quite a bit better under Democratic presidents since World War II, with faster GDP growth, more reductions in unemployment, greater industrial production, and higher corporate profits. Is this just statistical noise, or is it actually evidence that Democratic presidents (and policies) are better for the American economy? A study appearing in the April issue of the American Economic Review tries to find the root cause of the economic growth gap between Democrats and Republicans.

In Presidents and the U.S. Economy: An Econometric Exploration (PDF), authors Alan Blinder and Mark Watson compare the economic records of Republican and Democratic presidential administrations, focusing on the period since World War II when data on gross domestic product and employment have been collected in a consistent manner. They find GDP tends to grow much faster under Democratic presidents (averaging 4.33% per year) than Republican presidents (averaging 2.54% per year).

Source:

https://www.aeaweb.org/research/why-does-the-economy-do-better-democrats-white-house

[Peter1469]

"Regananomics" destroyed the economy in this country! Brought about the deficit, by cutting taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Share this link.



The debt under Reagan was a rounding error compared to the debt under Obama.