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
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.