Reagan and the GOP that has followed him has nothing to do with smaller government–instead,it was removing controls on corporations, allowing them to enrich themselves and increase power–and as a result the typical American has been screwed.

Even a half conscious economics 101 “C” student can see that Reagan didn’t shrink government. Sure, he cut regulations and oversight, but government spending increased from $591 billion to $990 billion during his time in office. Don’t like absolutes because the economy grew? OK, Federal spending as percent of GNP in 1980 was 21.6%, and after six years of Reagan, 24.3%.

That’s BIGGER government.

Add to that his miserable record on budget deficits (Carter, who Reagan belched vile at for deficit spending saw his largest deficit reach $74 billion) where he practically institutionalized $200 billion deficits as standard operating procedure.

Listen, I am not saying that Glason is right, but stop digging up the corpse of Reagan as some paragon of fiscal conservancy. It’s just wrong.

The other thing wrong with this post is that it continues the big lie about Democrats and fiscal irresponsibility.

This tax and spend liberal scare tactic used by the right to smear the left is old and tired–and any reasonable person who looks up the facts should dismiss it. The only presiodent to even attempt fiscal responsibility in the last 20 years was a Democrat–you cannot say “budget surplus” and Reagan, Bush I or Bush II in the same sentence with out illiciting laughs.

Tax and spend liberal may be the greatest con job in hte history of political salesmanship.

Just because soem left leaning economist says he wants to open the flood gates does not mean an Obama presidency is going to do so.

Obama has been very clear that fiscal responsibility is important and advocates things like PAYGO Rules (pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) budgeting rules which require new spending commitments or tax changes to be paid for by cuts to other programs or new revenue); reversing the insane ush tax cuts; cutting pork barrel spending: making government spending more Accountable and efficient; and ending easteful government spending (obsolete government programs, an end to subsidies, wasteful spending in Medicare, etc).

You’re right, government should not step in and solve every problem, but government can create an environment that benefits the majority of American as opposed to just the wealthy elite–which is what the Republicans have been doing for the past 30 years.

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