RIP Rush Limbaugh

When the budget is looked at as a share of the economy, Reagan’s legacy looks a bit better from a small government perspective. Federal revenues as a share of gross domestic product fell from 19.6 percent in 1981 to 18.3 percent by 1989. Spending fell from 22.2 percent to 21.2 percent. Thus, Ronald Reagan shrank the federal government by about 5 percent — a less radical change than supporters or detractors often claim.

https://www.cato.org/commentary/reagans-budget-legacy

Dazzler lies, and he loves being lied to.

HHusky said:

SFGbob said:

HHusky said:

RaceBannon said:

HHusky said:

RaceBannon said:

HHusky said:

RaceBannon said:

HHusky said:

RaceBannon said:

Nobody with an ounce of intelligence has ever believed that "small government" is a realistic or a worthy objective. - HHutzky

Other than the guy H claims to have voted for twice in the 80's

As if Ronald Reagan ever did anything to shrink government at any level.

He was an adept politician. He paid lip service to lots of things. Unfortunately, in a Western democracy, it is crucial to capture some reasonable share of the gullible vote.

And you voted for him twice. Allegedly


Gullible is your middle name. RUSSIA

Yes. Twice.

He wasn't remotely like what you gals now imagine, though you were there and should know better. Alas, not everyone can age well.

I do know better and I'm not a pathological liar like you

I never voted for Reagan

RR was all about shrinking government and doing what government is supposed to do. Defend the country

What he wasn't was beloved or treated fairly by the slime ball media which is what I have been telling the GALS for over a year now as they got the vapors over Trump

RR never shrank a government in his life. It wasn't remotely a touchstone of his governing philosophy.

Sure

You GALS are always worried about a GOP dictator then whine like GIRLS when they aren't and go along with Congress and stuff

Reagan stood for less government. You didn't and you don't

You're a fraud and a loser. And a sucker

Reagan was a big government spender. In good times (California) and bad (when he took the Presidency).

That's not a criticism on my part. It's a big part of the reason the early 80s economic recovery was so rapid.

If spending alone could bring about an economic Recovery you man crush Obama would have had a booming economy. As a percentage of GDP spending actually shrank under Reagan.

Sort of. The ratio shrank under Reagan to where it had been at the beginning of his presidency from the highs it had grown to during his presidency. Almost exactly the same as Obama, btw.

He cut spending and pushed for a line item veto that would have given him the authority to cut even more spending. He submitted budgets that cut spending and he called for the complete elimination of some Federal Departments. Obama never did any of this. You measure people by how you are Dazzler. You know that you're a dishonest and duplicitous hack and therefore you assume everyone else is like you.

SFGbob said:

HHusky said:

SFGbob said:

HHusky said:

RaceBannon said:

HHusky said:

RaceBannon said:

HHusky said:

RaceBannon said:

HHusky said:

RaceBannon said:

Nobody with an ounce of intelligence has ever believed that "small government" is a realistic or a worthy objective. - HHutzky

Other than the guy H claims to have voted for twice in the 80's

As if Ronald Reagan ever did anything to shrink government at any level.

He was an adept politician. He paid lip service to lots of things. Unfortunately, in a Western democracy, it is crucial to capture some reasonable share of the gullible vote.

And you voted for him twice. Allegedly


Gullible is your middle name. RUSSIA

Yes. Twice.

He wasn't remotely like what you gals now imagine, though you were there and should know better. Alas, not everyone can age well.

I do know better and I'm not a pathological liar like you

I never voted for Reagan

RR was all about shrinking government and doing what government is supposed to do. Defend the country

What he wasn't was beloved or treated fairly by the slime ball media which is what I have been telling the GALS for over a year now as they got the vapors over Trump

RR never shrank a government in his life. It wasn't remotely a touchstone of his governing philosophy.

Sure

You GALS are always worried about a GOP dictator then whine like GIRLS when they aren't and go along with Congress and stuff

Reagan stood for less government. You didn't and you don't

You're a fraud and a loser. And a sucker

Reagan was a big government spender. In good times (California) and bad (when he took the Presidency).

That's not a criticism on my part. It's a big part of the reason the early 80s economic recovery was so rapid.

If spending alone could bring about an economic Recovery you man crush Obama would have had a booming economy. As a percentage of GDP spending actually shrank under Reagan.

Sort of. The ratio shrank under Reagan to where it had been at the beginning of his presidency from the highs it had grown to during his presidency. Almost exactly the same as Obama, btw.

He cut spending and pushed for a line item veto that would have given him the authority to cut even more spending. He submitted budgets that cut spending and he called for the complete elimination of some Federal Departments. Obama never did any of this. You measure people by how you are Dazzler. You know that you're a dishonest and duplicitous hack and therefore you assume everyone else is like you.

So you'd prefer to change the subject.

Wise.

Used to listen to Rush on the morning drive, during the Clinton years, whom I voted for twice, btw.

Back then nobody needed Trigger Warnings because nobody shit their pants when they heard opposing opinions like the fragile generations since. I listened, I learned, and I frequently disagreed.

And somehow, miraculously, I lived through it.

Even fragile flowers like @HHusky somehow survived.

Could it be that people on the political Right AREN'T actually trying to kill Lefties, all day every day?

WestlinnDuck said:

DerekJohnson said:

This could have been a meaningful thread but it went into the toilet.

When I asked why Rush was a fascist, that was the end of any meaning full conversation. It's just something all leftards feel and therefore they are.

Wait, wait, wait....Fascism PRECEDED Trump? GTFO!!