[wideawake]

Yet the Bush dynasties have rejected the Gipper's leadership and continue to perpetuate the archaic stereotype of manufacturing union membership while feeding the Big Government growth of organized labor, which has risen to over 40% of the government workforce, stifling our domestic private sector.

This statement is incoherent.

While far too many Americans work for the government and these government workers are increasingly unionized, the government has not taken over any economic functions of the private sector. Our private sector is not stifled, but it is hindered by taxes.

And don't pretend that President Reagan wasn't anti-union or that he wasn't free trade.

President Reagan famously broke the Air Traffic Controllers' Union - completely destroyed it, in fact. A shining achievement. And he was a firm supply-sider, not a protectionist.

[Willie Green]

This statement is incoherent.

Then pull your fingers out of your ears.

[ninenot]

that he [Reagan] wasn't free trade

You should review history. Start with Harley-Davidson's vs. the Universal Japanese Machine (UJM) and Reagan's response to the situation.

Next, go to "automotive industry" in the history books and determine exactly why the Japanese established plants in the USA to build their products.

HINT: Ron Reagan, the FAIR trade President.