Ronald Reagan brought presidential deception to a whole new level. Famous for his sound-bytes, Reagan provided adoring republicans all they needed to know about their “say one thing and do another” sort of president.
It was Mr. Reagan who promised to get government off the backs of Americans and their entrepreneurs. It was Reagan who said that government was not the solution to our problems, it was the problem.
“The nine most terrifying words in the English language,” said Reagan, are, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.” (Please note that’s ten words, not nine, but Reagan rarely researched the written material given him, but did practice his delivery.)
Was it Reagan, who joked, “If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. And, if it stops moving, subsidize it.”?
The Great Communicator talked a good game, but did little to improve our lives; and, he had eight years in which to do it. The Reagan promises to inaugurate a new era of liberty and free markets, were worse than empty promises, Reagan assaulted our liberty, our future prosperity, and free markets with unprecedented spending, increased taxes, more governmental regulations, bigger bureaucracies, and unwise trade policies.
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