"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Also in 1961 he said:
"But at the moment I'd like to talk about another way because this threat is with us and at the moment is more imminent. One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. It's very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project. . . . Now, the American people, if you put it to them about socialized medicine and gave them a chance to choose, would unhesitatingly vote against it. We have an example of this. Under the Truman administration it was proposed that we have a compulsory health insurance program for all people in the United States, and, of course, the American people unhesitatingly rejected this."
Thanks. I really miss the BIG ideas that Reagan put in his speeches, which are sadly missing in our present-day political speeches. It is so bad out there that I have resorted to making up my own. Here is one of my better ones:
Liberals are driven by a fierce need to help.
Liberals believe that rich people do NOT need help.
Liberals believe that poor people DO need help.
So, the sooner the Liberals can make the rich people poor,
The sooner the Liberals can help them.