[ek_hornbeck]

Besides Reagan encouraged trade with China, which then resulted in evisceration of middle class manufacturing jobs. Reducing regulation was a good thing. Military replenishment after Carter was a good thing. Tripling federal spending was very bad along with China trade

George H.W. Bush was the one pushing a minimal-tariff trade policy with China when he was VP. Unfortunately, Reagan went along with what was then and remains today a bad idea.

[entropy12]

And don’t forget how easily Tip O’Neill bamboozled Reagan into tripling federal spending and lied about cutting programs.