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Originally Posted by buckman
I don't get your point...Are you Ok with someone,other then yourself, paying at 70%????
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You're missing the point.
Reagan cut taxes too much, so after the 1981 restructuring he raised them 11 times (16 by some measures) to offset government spending and save SS.
For someone who was "anti-big government" he turned us into a debtor nation with reckless deficit spending.
For someone who was "anti-commie" he made massive concessions to the Soviets to garner peace deals and reduce nuclear stockpiles.
Reagan was good with the rhetoric for the Republican base, but a lot of his legacy WTR defining issues is actually that of a pragmatist.
Hell, even his own VP ran against his economics.
Reagan was a good president and led the nation through some difficult times, but people should remember him for what he really was and not was he wasn't.
-spence