Ronald Reagan: Fiscal Disaster

I have to chuckle at the fact that Huffington Post moderating posts before they are allowed to show. I was reading through the comments already posted and several were full of the "F" word not to mention the fact that the writer of this article called Reagan an asshole. So what do they moderate???


Ronald Reagan: Fiscal Disaster

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hale-stewart/ronald-reagan-fiscal-dis_b_82370.html

Several interesting charts at above link

Does anyone notice a pattern? In case you have a hard time figuring it out, let me provide some clarity.
-- Reagan -- the fiscal conservative -- never balanced a budget.
-- Reagan -- the fiscal conservative -- never came close to balancing a budget.
-- Reagan -- the fiscal conservative -- never even came remotely close to even thinking about balancing a budget.

So, how did Reagan pay for this? He mired the country is a mammoth explosion of Federal debt.
The fiscally conservative party -- at least in theory -- have indebted this country since 1980 with a mammoth amount of debt.

Saint Ronnie -- the great Saint who many are praising in one form or another -- nearly tripled the national debt. St. Ronnie -- the fiscal conservative who we all should bow down and worship -- paid for his massive expanse of the federal government (because he never balanced a budget) by pawning off the expense on the next generation. St. Ronnie used his great communication skills to tell us this was all somehow OK.

St. Ronnie was an asshole.

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I'm not sure which is crazier, those trying to bestow sainthood on Reagan or the rabid right religious rapture nuts. (Perhaps they are the same)

However for any Democrat or Independent to quote Reagan is total insanity. I was trying very hard to like Obama but when he started quoting Reagan I threw in the towel.

What the hell will it take for this country to wake up & get rid of all the nut cases & the common thugs who have taken over the government? Most days, I just want to crawl back in bed and forget the whole damn thing.