Runt Paul is a crapweasel libtardian, just like his old man!
Well, there you go.
Paul later responded to the Mother Jones piece with a statement: "I have always been and continue to be a great supporter of Ronald Reagan's tax cuts and the millions of jobs they created. Clearly spending during his tenure did not lessen, but he also had to contend with Democrat majorities in Congress."
How about trying to find out if what he says is right or wrong, rather than just jumping on him for heresy or lèse-majesté?
So far as I can tell domestic discretionary spending increased faster under Carter than under Reagan, but the deficit and the national debt did increase faster under Reagan than under Carter. Is that the way it was?
I don't know about overall spending or total domestic spending. Bear in mind, too, that Reagan served two terms to Carter's one, so someone looking at the total increase, rather than the rate of increase might mistakenly come up with some wrong conclusions.
Was Paul right or wrong on the specifics? Whether he was or not, the writer's outrage looks misplaced and exaggerated.
Something that bothers me about when people go after Reagan, is that they have the bruises and compromises, and flat out defeats of an actual real life 8 year presidency to cherry pick, and usually are using it to defend the campaign/position weakness of a candidate, who should be offering something closer to theoretical perfection.
The nut does not fall far from the tree.
Bah.
Other people will make up their own minds as they should, but for me, this marks the point at which Starship Rand Paul just blew up on the launchpad.
This must be the “get rid of Rand Paul” day. One hit after another today. Most of the sources are left wing and, under most circumstances, would be ignored. Mother Jones??? Really??
Anyways, Rand Paul must be doing something right or the hits wouldn’t be coming so swiftly in the same time frame. Maybe, Jeb Bush’s announcement has something to do with it.
Anyways, I will listen carefully to Paul. The Rinos and Leftist sure don’t want him to run for President. Says a lot for him....now tuning in.....
Actually it may be true.
Many years ago Jimmah was the governor of Georgia and he was going around the nation giving presentations to other states about zero base budgeting. He was very knowledgeable about all of the intricacies of budgeting.
Jimmah was a great detail man, unfortunately the presidency is not a detail job. It's a leadership job.
It’s like he’s gone full retard.