[SoConPubbie]

Sum total of tax cuts + Increased spending = Tripling of net spending. Flunks my test of a fiscal conservative on every count. Like I said, TEA Party would not be proud.

Well, I guess Reagan should have just vetoed all of those budgets and not built up the Military, the Soviet Union would still be around and who knows how many cold wars and hot wars we would have had to fought

Good plan!

[entropy12]

You really need to learn more details. Soviet Union was already in a decline with central planning, and communist methodology. Star wars was just a very small portion of spending. I was directly involved in working on a star wars project so I have a fairly good idea of money spent. Majority of spending bills signed by Reagan were for social services and welfare. That was exactly what the majority democrat congress wanted.

Opinions are not a good substitute for facts and figures. As for Reagan’s tax cuts, he deserves huge credit. My own personal tax bracket dropped from 43% to 28%.