Actually, Reaganomics is what set us up for a healthy, growing economy. Nixon and Carter are the ones who "created" the millions living in poverty with rampant inflation. It took time for Reaganomics to work, but it did.

The mentally ill should never have been locked up in the first place, unless they were criminals. They should have been given treatment in the community.

There is something seriously wrong with the liberal agenda when they think locking up sick people is good for us, but keeping criminals locked up is bad.

Might want to do a little more research on it, because most mental health professionals do NOT think locking people up is good for them, or their families.

And it should NOT be the job of the federal government to run internment camps for lazy communities who don't want to deal with their problem people.

And curiously, they found nothing - wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more. It must have been an urban legend that the Reagan team negotiated behind the scenes

PS I voted for Reagan in '84

If you would have put Ronnie on the stand and asked him about it back then, I'd wager he'd have "not recalled" that any more than the other time he didn't recall negotiating with Iran.

Fish on...

Todd

"end the cold war" no a little war in Afghanistan bled the soviets dry just like it's now doing to another stupid super power. Reagan's term also started the norm of using social security to cook the books. That class act also cut college funding, student loans and grants. Only the rich deserved an education.

He probably wouldn't recall planning to win the cold war either. He was a good man and attempting to change history and make him some sort of villain is PURE liberal bull schit Todd.

I guess we need a bash Carter thread.

"It took time for Reaganomics to work, but it did." are you kidding? Don't you remember employment drying up in 1989?

Yeah, I want to pay higher taxes to send your kids to college.

NOT. You might want a nanny goverment controling your life, but I don't.

Don't YOU remember inflation that caused it? I sure as hell do.

It's getting a little hot in here! I hope nobody mentions Iran-Contra....

Or Ollie North. Still can't stand that PH.

I also like Ollie North.

Hmmm, when comparing administrations and scandals, does Oliver North = Scooter Libby?

For all of you to say that RR was a bad president is laughable. He had nothing to do with the ending of the cold war huh? The USSR was trying so hard to keep up our military and its communist/socialist economy it couldn't keep up with free market. And then it bled itself dry through our covert actions in Afgan. Your freinds Carter and Clinton would have never allowed that to have happened because they would have been scared to death of bad press. They would rather hide under there desks calling for talks or playing pin the cigar on/in the intern. Sadly, niether will our next Dem nom.
RR attempted to role back your beloved social programs that reward the lazy and penalize the hard working. How dare he tell people to work for what they get and stop blaming others for their problems. He attempted to end the ridiculus tax code that tells most of the people to pay nothing and get handouts while others foot the bill. What happened to ask not what your country can do for you. The party seems to be fit more for those who ask how much their country can give them for free.
Lets go back to the Carter age. Stand for nothing, run from everything. Problems are dealt with a call for talks and giving in to all demand. Then when that doesnt work.....maybe we were not nice enough.....give some more. We are on our way there with Barrack. How exciting. One of those guys who says something different every time the audiance changes. The love of no personal accountablity, big government, high taxes and more social programs to take from the hardworking and give to the lazy. The good times are here again.........Maybe I should get on wellfare.

Wow.

I mean really. Wow.

You have yourself convinced of that, don't you?

I'm speechless.

And all this time I thought that bright red hue on your lips was makeup, not Kool-aid.

Sorry docspud, but that was JFK - he was a democrat.

Inflation is directly tied to government deficit. Economics 101.

Reagan created a HUGE deficit through MASSIVE military spending.

Therefore, Reagan created the inflation which ruined the economy.

Simple logic, but I guess there's no point if your head's up your ass. It's like trying to teach the deaf to dance.

Mikespike,
If you read it you would realize I said what happened to the party of....Yes JFK. And I wonder how we got to Carter/Obama since then. How we got to the point of a party standing for what it does now.

Yeah we might as well attribute the downfall of Russia to JFK and the space race.

Irie, i have taken many economics classes and it is not directly linked. In fact I have a book right here in my office for those days and I looking it up, missed that passage. But if it helps your arguement, stand by it.

Let's not forget that decisions were made after consulting pyshics.