[SoConPubbie]

I understand he had to deal with Tip O’Neill and democrat congress. But he did not exercise veto on all those increases in spending. He should have forced the democrats to override his vetoes. Them Reagan would have been a real hero in my book.

You are still not getting it.

As long as he was dealing with the enemy in control of the House of Representatives and sometimes the Senate as well, In order to get what he wanted, he had to give them something they wanted.

[entropy12]

He gave away the store. Not a fiscal conservative by a long shot. Grew national debt by far more than any president before him. Must have lost his veto pen.