[Dane]

Don't, you'd lose. For starters, you don't know me at all. In 1986 the deficit was coming down, welfare entitlement and non-security discretionary spending had been reduced and Reagan nominated a solid conservative to the SC by the name of, Antonin Scalia. And the GOP ws getting my donations. Life was good

Not according to some "true conservatives".

Conservative critics like the Heritage Foundation's Stuart Butler did not try to hide their disappointment and frustration. Six years into the Reagan presidency, Butler wrote that "the basic structure of the Great Society is still firmly intact .... virtually no program has been eliminated."[xv

Ronald Reagan, The Heritage Foundation Remembers

[Reagan Man]

Earth to Dane, even today, "the basic structure of the Great Society is still firmly intact .... virtually no program has been eliminated." However, PresBush and the GOP controlled Congress has added to the legacy of the Great Society, by creating the trillion dollar Medicare prescription drug program. The largest increase in the federal bureaucracy since Medicare itself was created under LBJ.

So, I don't necessarily disagree with Stuart Butler, but my points were on different issues.

Reagan did want to abolish the Education Department. The liberal Democrats who controlled the House and thereby, controlled the purse strings during the Reagan years, fought the Gipper tooth and nail on his call to abolish the Education Department. Since taking office, however, PresBush has doubled the budget of the Education Department and even allowed FatTed Kennedy to place his stamp of approval on all that new education stuff the Feds are now pushing.

Btw, Stuart Butler was the creator of "enterprise zones". Something Jack Kemp pushed for during the Reagan years. Butler, Kemp and Reagan. Three smart conservatives.

[nopardons]

Lots of people here have terrible memories and/or just lie.

Thanks for posting that link...it proves the point! :-)