Unfortunately, it’s here that the Republicans have joined forces with the Democrats to be the “party of government. “ Although Reagan’s decertifying the air traffic controllers was a good start, just think what could have been accomplished if he’d carried through with eliminatinfg the Dept of Education. I wonder whether Hinckley’s bullet took so much out of him that he couldn’t fight that battle.
It was the deals with the Demonrats that allowed him to fund the military and destroy the CCCP. It came at a cost of increased social spending.