- Joined
- Jul 24, 2011
- Messages
- 59,658
- Reaction score
- 51,711
- Location
- Georgia
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Slightly Liberal
I think if more Conservatives read the Federalist Papers (1-10 in this case), they'd think differently of some of their deeply held views. Because to be perfectly honest, much of what they ushered in would be viewed as tyrannical by many of the Founding Fathers they claim to support and emulate.
In capitalism supply side is the only side. The cold war was over until a very weak administration allowed lesser powers to restart it. Smart foreign policy understands the proper use of power, both politically and economically. The last seven years have been a text book lesson in what not to do with power.
Reagan was one of the best modern US presidents primarily because he expanded government (primarily Defense Spending) more than FDR while at the same time indirectly and directly by doing so fueled the private sector.
Reagan was the greatest American Socialist (and socialist period) of human history. He spent more on government than Stalin, Hitler and FDR combined. He literally doubled or even tripled the size of US defense spending which essentially fostered the private sector advancement as well through that spending. This is something the average person totally misunderstands though both on the left and right.
Yeah, who needs demand for product and services? They look just great on the shelves and magazine pages. There is no cold war: don't forget how GW Bush jumped in a fighter jet to deal with Russia when they invaded Georgia... And let's not forget how Ronald Reagan himself waved the flag and sent troops into Lebanon after 200 servicemen were killed in their sleep by a truck bomb: he tucked tail and ran...
The last seven years has the Dow at 18,000 and unemployment at 5.6%, and health care to those who didn't have it, so yeah, nuthin much.
As for Russia today, the one thing that Putin does not want to do is piss US off. Hitler was the last one to do that and it didn't work out so well for'em.
Much of what you said is true. The big problem with Reagan is that the industrial sector he promoted and subsidized, defense, was already too big, has too much political power, creates products that do meet the needs of the people, wastes resources on a lot of unecessary products, and puts too many resources into a sector that is not as efficient at creating jobs as almost any other industry.
He raised taxes without providing any observable benefit to most people, helping to increase hostility towards all government spending and taxation.
I'm gong to assume that you are intelligent enough to know what I was talking about. Should I not give you that much credit?
Commerce depends on supply and demand but that's not what supply side is about. Supply side economics is about reducing barriers to production and services and making capital investments. It's true supply needs customers because nothing works in a vacuum but economic growth relies on employment and employment increases when production increases. In addition, money doesn't flow from where it's not to where it is.
There was a cold war, it ended with the end of the Soviet Union. It's coming back and the marker was Clinton's Russian reset.
I was listening to Bernie Sanders the other day and he claimed the real unemployment rate was 13%. That's the only thing I agree with Bernie about. He arrived at that by taking the number of unemployment claims and adding the 92 million that are able bodied and out of the labor market in the labor participation rate.
Obamanomics is good for Wall Street. It involves the Fed printing money every month and an unreasonably low interest rate. Does that sound like it will end well to you?
Putin pisses us off every week. We will never have a physical altercation with them because of mutually assured destruction however NATO does have some clout in our relationship.
I'm going to assume that based on this post, you are saying we should take nothing you say at literal face value
ou are free to do what you wish.
last chance to retract your comment
He acted as president, ended the cold war, maintained a stable currency, saved lots of trees by not printing tons of currency.
Reagan did not end the cold war. The cold war ended on his watch. The country and eight presidents fought the cold war. Ronald Reagan was a disaster to this country and the 1%'s thug.
You are entitled to your opinion, you aren't entitled to your own facts. You may not believe the words but there is a picture that might be your speed. The End of the Cold War
Your implication that Reagan won the cold war is - at best - hyperbole. It's like saying Truman won WWII.
Jimmy Carter was a far better president. No, I'm not joking.
TurtleDude, I agree with you about the size of government. It is way too large and is totally inefficient. However, back when I was a small boy and this nation was number one, after WWII, those high 90% tax rates were only imposed on the highest portions of income, in a progressive manner. Adjusted for inflation, if Reagan had not succeeded in eliminating those highest rate levels, today's billionaires would still be billionaires, but the taxes on the middle class would have been much less of a burden, and those of us in the middle class would be better off relatively. The troublesome widening divide between the super rich and the rest of us would not be quite so horrific. Sorry I did not make his point originally.
You have the whole internet at your disposal. You are free to find websites that agree with you and websites that don't. Educate yourself. Reagan is widely credited with ending the cold war and facilitating the end of the Soviet Union. Others with Reagan derangement syndrome claim that Gollum took the ring and jumped into the fire in Mordor and suddenly the cold war was over. You are free to believe as you wish.
It is ridiculous to credit any President for ending the cold war. The end came from within and Levi Jeans and Charmin have more to do with it than Star wars.
You have the whole internet at your disposal. You are free to find websites that agree with you and websites that don't. Educate yourself. Reagan is widely credited with ending the cold war and facilitating the end of the Soviet Union. Others with Reagan derangement syndrome claim that Gollum took the ring and jumped into the fire in Mordor and suddenly the cold war was over. You are free to believe as you wish.