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Well, we could look at the list of accomplishments of liberals and then look at the list of accomplishments of conservatives and see who has made the greater contribution to the body politic.
Lincoln was a 'liberal'; he ended slavery.
Conservatives got us prohibition.
Liberals got us laws that ban discrimination on the basis of sex, religion, race, or sexual preference
Conservatives got us the Great Depression
Liberals ended child exploitation
Conservatives got us a downgrade of our sovereign debt
I could go on...
I think that conservatives serve a useful moderating role so that we don't rush off and do things just for the sake of doing them. But conservatism hardly ever provides benefit to society. BTW, by current standards, Reagan was a flaming liberal. He, for example, tripled the national debt and we had to raise the debt ceiling 17 times during his administration.
You are absolutely correct, Reagan tripled the debt and gave us 17 million new taxpayers, doubled the GDP, created a peace dividend, and increased income tax revenue 60%. That 1.7 trillion dollar debt what less than 60% of GDP but you see those results don't matter to liberals. They prefer the 6.4 trillion, stagnant GDP growth, 22 million unemployed/under employed/discouraged workers, and record numbers on food stamps but that is ok apparently because it keeps people dependent on liberals.