Comments on: Newsflash: Ronald Reagan Raised Taxes (You Idiots) http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/ Firedoglake weblog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:40:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: debowman http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/#comment-1815706 debowman Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:10:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/#comment-1815706 <p>Actually The dot.com boom led to the creation of 22 million jobs, Which by the way went away. what is more relevent to the current crisis is the fact that Clinton’s adminastration screwed with the C.R.A. which had more of a direct effect on the mortage meltdown than ANYTHING Bush did</p> Actually The dot.com boom led to the creation of 22 million jobs, Which by the way went away. what is more relevent to the current crisis is the fact that Clinton’s adminastration screwed with the C.R.A. which had more of a direct effect on the mortage meltdown than ANYTHING Bush did

]]> By: clamberite http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/#comment-1815613 clamberite Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:52:54 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/#comment-1815613 <p>What they won’t tell you is starting with Kennedy, the so called tax cuts were not balanced with cuts in Federal spending, they were stimulus in addition to<em></em>increases in Federal spending<em></em>. The upshot is that there were deficits, and since deficits eventually need to be paid back with interest, they are at the most tax deferrals with a tax increase for the interest payments, and if they aren’t paid back by the generation that borrowed and benefited from the money they are transfers of income from future taxpayers to the present. Income redistribution if you will. Tax increases on the future generation. Everything about them are anathema to the republicans but they do it any way. I like to call it what it really is: Theft.</p> <p>We really need to quit arguing within the republican frames. They are phony, and our country and our children are the worse for them.</p> What they won’t tell you is starting with Kennedy, the so called tax cuts were not balanced with cuts in Federal spending, they were stimulus in addition toincreases in Federal spending. The upshot is that there were deficits, and since deficits eventually need to be paid back with interest, they are at the most tax deferrals with a tax increase for the interest payments, and if they aren’t paid back by the generation that borrowed and benefited from the money they are transfers of income from future taxpayers to the present. Income redistribution if you will. Tax increases on the future generation. Everything about them are anathema to the republicans but they do it any way. I like to call it what it really is: Theft.

We really need to quit arguing within the republican frames. They are phony, and our country and our children are the worse for them.

]]> By: Imhotep http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/#comment-1815039 Imhotep Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:29:01 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/#comment-1815039 <p>I realize this thread has probably had it, but don’t forget to publicize the new Will Bunch book about St. Ronnie, “Tear Down This Myth, How the Reagan Legacy had Distorted Our Politics…”</p> I realize this thread has probably had it, but don’t forget to publicize the new Will Bunch book about St. Ronnie, “Tear Down This Myth, How the Reagan Legacy had Distorted Our Politics…”

]]> By: macaquerman http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/#comment-1815036 macaquerman Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:25:28 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/#comment-1815036 <p>Damn, I was enjoying this. Don’t stop so soon. What about his marvelous Central America policies? Iran?</p> Damn, I was enjoying this. Don’t stop so soon. What about his marvelous Central America policies? Iran?

]]> By: nahant http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/#comment-1814992 nahant Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:46:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/#comment-1814992 <p><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/lynch-considering-republican-elizabeth-hager-to-replace-gregg/" rel="nofollow">New Post Upstairs</a></p> New Post Upstairs

]]> By: Bluetoe2 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/#comment-1814971 Bluetoe2 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:26:40 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/#comment-1814971 <p>The Heritage Foundation is nothing more than a right wing propaganda mill. Republicans don’t need “facts” when they have the Heritage Foundation to cook the books.</p> The Heritage Foundation is nothing more than a right wing propaganda mill. Republicans don’t need “facts” when they have the Heritage Foundation to cook the books.

]]> By: Synoia http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/#comment-1814958 Synoia Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:14:37 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/#comment-1814958 <p>As The Economist wrote after GWB was elected: (I paraphrase)</p> <p>The choice is not between big government and small government, but between what form of big government. With GWB the choice is made: Military Spending and large deficits.</p> As The Economist wrote after GWB was elected: (I paraphrase)

The choice is not between big government and small government, but between what form of big government. With GWB the choice is made: Military Spending and large deficits.

]]> By: flex http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/#comment-1814956 flex Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:08:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/#comment-1814956 <p>Way to smack down the lying wingnut extremists Jane! These spoiled brats need to be constantly slapped hard with the truth, something the conservative media is reluctant to do.<br /> Thank goodness for the factual and honest liberal blogs, talk show hosts, along with Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow! Without all of you we would have Joe the Plumber as our next Secretary of State. (and we thought it couldn’t get any worse…)<br /><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1/9/16334/34494/407/433854" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/.....407/433854</a></p> Way to smack down the lying wingnut extremists Jane! These spoiled brats need to be constantly slapped hard with the truth, something the conservative media is reluctant to do.
Thank goodness for the factual and honest liberal blogs, talk show hosts, along with Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow! Without all of you we would have Joe the Plumber as our next Secretary of State. (and we thought it couldn’t get any worse…)
http://www.dailykos.com/story/…..407/433854

]]> By: ratfood http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/#comment-1814955 ratfood Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:08:48 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/#comment-1814955 <p>Reagan didn’t support the military, he supported defense contractors. When a lot of his expensive military expenditures finally got field tested in Panama and during the first Gulf War, it turned out most of them didn’t work worth a damn. That’s okay, he was able to drive the Soviet Union into bankruptcy nearly 20 years ahead of the U.S..</p> Reagan didn’t support the military, he supported defense contractors. When a lot of his expensive military expenditures finally got field tested in Panama and during the first Gulf War, it turned out most of them didn’t work worth a damn. That’s okay, he was able to drive the Soviet Union into bankruptcy nearly 20 years ahead of the U.S..

]]> By: nahant http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/#comment-1814953 nahant Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:07:47 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/01/newsflash-ronald-reagan-raised-taxes-you-idiots/#comment-1814953 <p>Absolutely! Under Ronnie the GI Bill became almost nothing!</p> Absolutely! Under Ronnie the GI Bill became almost nothing!

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