The first George Bush is the reason were in this mess
Tossed the Reagan agenda the first day he was elected
The first George Bush is the reason were in this mess
Tossed the Reagan agenda the first day he was elected
What stood out was a sharp change in 1990 (Read my lips). Up to that point it looked as though what you were being taxed on (at least from Social Security way of looking at it) was like 50 cents on the dollar. In other words if you made $20,0000 that year SS saw it as $10,000. This all changed in going from 1990 to 1991 when it looked like you would then get taxed at the full $20,000.
The sharp change was rather obvious and striking. I think for conventional income tax this may not have been the case but for “Social Security” and “Medicare” it clearly was.
“The first George Bush is the reason were in this mess
Tossed the Reagan agenda the first day he was elected”
Glad I am not the only one who has been saying this...for over 20 years.
I regard Bush Senior’s “Kinder gentler “ speech to be one of THE biggest turning points in our history. I remember when I heard him say it (very soon after he took office) and thinking “This dumb ass just rejected Reagan and everything that was the reason we elected him “. And then I saw what he did when he took over. And then he caved on a tax increase. And then I knew the Republican party was dead and useless. And that we were screwed. I just did not, at the time, realise just how MUCH we were screwed.