To: entropy12
Reagan compromised a lot with then speaker of House Tip ONeill. Note that spending by federal government almost tripled during 8 years of Reagan.
Your facts are very selective.
Reagan only had Republican Control of the Senate for 6 years and the House, which controls the Budget, was in Democrat hands during the whole of his 8 years. Add to that the GOP-E was constantly trying to hobble him and stab him in the back, and you get the picture.
What is also missing in your selective use of facts is that President Reagan managed to decrease several of the big Fed Departments even under these circumstances.
You also failed to mention his tax cuts and the fact that he needed to strengthen the military, which he did, when he had a Democrat Congress that hated his guts.
Would Ted Cruz have done the same things under the same situations?
Do I really have to say it???
Absolutely!
23 posted on
02/03/2015 3:31:37 PM PST by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: SoConPubbie
You forgot that Reagan had a veto pen which he rarely used against Tip O’Neill.
I admire all the tax cuts and reducing inflation and strengthening of military by Reagan, and he deserves due credit.
However, you can not deny government grew 3 times bigger under Reagan as measured by federal spending. Even the 2 Bushes did not expand government by that ratio.
If Cruz gets elected, I will bet you my social security check, he will not increase federal spending any more than inflation.
34 posted on
02/03/2015 7:51:58 PM PST by
entropy12
(Dumb and Dumber to borrow money from China to protect oil flow to China from middle-east.)
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