Posted on 10/24/2005 5:44:36 AM PDT by Molly Pitcher
You really don't want to pay attention to the fact that Government's take on GDP fell during the Reagan years, do you?
As for shelters - curious, I thought we were mostly in favour of simplified taxes, with lower rates and limited, if no deductions. It's not Reagan's fault the S&L's, a foolish notion created by the Democrats, were too stupid to adjust.
Ivan
The National Review was prominent in that effort.........
Yes, my people felt their "appreciation" on July 7th. I don't regard Islam as a religion of peace, any more than Reagan considered Communism an ideology of peace. Reagan took Communism head on and said he deliberately wanted to frighten the hell out of the Soviets. President Bush is bending over backwards to say, "Nothing personal, old chaps" to their Islamic successors.
Ivan
Sure, I'll concede that. It would have fell even further had Reagan not raised taxes.
By the way, President Reagan freed many times more people from Communism, than President Bush freed, yet when push comes to shove, you want to bash Reagan to make Bush look good by comparison.
You're a propagandist, pure and simple, and not a very good one. It's your misfortune that you offended those who still hold true Reagan's memory. Or perhaps, rather than a misfortune, a symptom of your derangement and / or stupidity.
Ivan
I guess that's why your country and mine are killing every terrorist we can find in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Thank you - so Reagan did hold true to his principles, government's role in the economic life of the nation did roll back. Compare and contrast to the increases in the Department of Education, Medicare, et al, from Bush - increases in defence spending were defensible, this is not - and to suggest that it shows an even greater adherence to conservative principle than Reagan is insane.
Ivan
And that is exactly what is occurring. The lengths they go to imply this President is somehow like Reagan, or is better than Reagan. Just disgusting.
Lots of people with no class.
Strawman. Bush should be twisting the Saudi's arms out of their sockets till they defund the Wahabbists for a start, and stop coddling the Muslim community. Reagan was hard on Communists en masse. Bush is selectively hard on Islamists when he should be breaking all their necks before they break ours.
Ivan
Pointing out facts is bashing?
They are different presidents. Reagan disabled communism. Bush is trying (along with Blair) to disable Wahhabism.
No President is perfect, and Reagan was not, just as Bush is not. Bush has failed to control spending. He has also neglected border control, as did Reagan, who actually granted a wholesale amnesty.
Bush has appointed much better judges to the appellate and federal courts. The jury is still out on his SC picks, while Reagan batted .300 (one great judge, two clunkers) in his SC appointments.
This forum has turned into a "bash Bush" fest over the last three weeks. He has three years left, yet some of you are already declaring him DOA, forgetting what Iran-Contra did to the Reagan presidency.
Let's just keep things in perspective.
I didn't say that. There were more government workers in larger bureaucracies at the end of Reagan's two terms than at the beginning.
In that, he and Bush will have failed to do what they promised to do.
You believe we should begin harrassing an entire community of largely innocent people for the actions of a few?
RR cut the top tax bracket in 1981 from 77% to 28%. He cut corporate taxes significantly as well and he eliminated layers of bureaucracy and red tape throughout his two terms.
RR launched his own revolution that is still felt today.
RR did not have a Republican Congress to help him achieve the budget cuts that he sought. And he had to rebuild the military in all aspects.
RR's spirit along with the spirit of Pope John Paul II rallied the world to conquer communism.
But sinkspur we hear you that George Bush is not getting enough credit. Our expectations are too high and we are easily disappointed. But the report card on George Bush from the Conservatives is coming due and he would be wise to review it and try harder.
It would help if George Bush would focus on one domestic issue. Start planning a campaign for the Spring when people are in a tizzy with tax complexity and frustration. Go after those Senators including Republicans that spent two years on the Tax Reform Commission and came up with well gee we should limit the mortgage deduction.
How about George Bush standing in front of the cameras and saying "I've listened to Senator Mack and Senator Breaux and all I can say is what a waste of time! I am going to ask them to reconvene this commission on a fast track and in three months time get me a bill for a fair tax and one for a repeal of the 16th Amendment!"
Now wouldn't that rally Conservatives? You bet it would. And have it all culminate on April 15th.
But I fear George Bush is too much like his father, to much of a 'prude', keep everything calm. don't rock the boat, maintain the status quo, appease your domestic foes and so on.
I recall reading that some were implying or suggesting close comparisons of Bush to Reagan after Reagan died...
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Again, sadly for America, Bush is no Reagan. An understatement. As we have witnessed by Bush's actions and lack thereof.
That's debatable. There haven't been too many pro-American demonstrations in Iraq or Afghanistan since we arrived. My guess is that many in both places are glad to be rid of Saddam or the Taliban, but still aren't too keen on us.
Of course, at the very least, you need to subtract from that 50,000,000 all the Moslems in both places doing their best to kill Americans.
Are you one of those "all Muslims are terrorists" knuckle-draggers?
Don't lump all Muslims into the same mold. It's tantamount to lumping in all the crazy white guys into the same mold as the rest of us sane folks like you and I. Not all Muslims are insane and wacked out.
So what if Bush is coddling the Muslim community. It's not the insane, Islamofascist sect he's coddling. I'm sure you can see this.
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