[Texasforever]

Much more conservative than shrub.

In what way?

[Satadru]

Reagan took on the Evil Empire. Bush wants to help out the Evil Empire (China). He will not even call communism evil, as was evident in his speech in Congress. Reagan was the ultimate supply-sider who wanted to cut the size of the govt. Bush not only wants to expand it, but he thinks big govt is compassionate. If Reagan had any one chamber of Congress behind him, he would have been able to do much more.

[Moonman62]

Much more conservative than shrub.

In what way?

Reagan cut the regulations in the Federal Register in half early on. He won tax cuts that promoted investment rather than consumption. He also pushed for investment in high technology that not only helped defeat the Soviet Union, but gave us productivity improvements we still enjoy today. Reagan also used the veto. And as far as Reagan's spending went, he inherited a very expensive, cancerous, and non-productive welfare state. His military buildup was expensive, but we got our money's worth and his pro growth economic policies more than made up for it. But Reagan wasn't perfect. He did select a Bush for vice president.

With Reagan we had a "Shining City on a Hill". With Bush we have a shiny new government office on every street.