The economy was so small back then, it was around 2.5 trillion. By the end of reagan's presidency it was 5 trillion. His reforms created an economic boom that so us go from 2.5 trillion to 10 trillion by 2001. Its worth noting though that the us economy doubles every ten years(excluding the 70's)

+hedgerow Anarchy is freedom. What you're advocating is minarchism. Minarchism is Slavery Lite.

Oh you're so righteous aren't you. And incredibly naive that you think big gov and taxes is all about helping people. I'm not against helping people; my whole life and profession is about helping people, often for free or very little charge. You have no clue about my character, nor do you understand the first thing about what really helps people.

Clinton was good , Obama is not good

Reagan didn't help either because he doubled the funding on programs like the Department of Education when he campaigned on repealing them.

Problem is that no one you mention is a real Social Democrat/Progressive except Bernie and somewhat Carter, but he was inept. Trickle down economics has been practiced for the past 30+ plus years and it doesnt work. When were raising taxes on the middle and lower class were just benefiting the rich. We should end corporate welfare and the 1% should pay their fair share. The founder of Captialism, Adam Smith, said that it is not an absurd idea that the rich should contribute more to Public expenses. Corporations are paying less then they did under Regan. What need an is allocation of tax payer money as well to fund things that will actually work and possibly cut down foreign aid and invest more into programs that will actually get struggling people back on their feet and work. Hillary, Obama, Bill are center Democrats who talk progressivly but their actions dont account for it. They are Conservative Democrats who practive Neo-Liberalism, which is basically trickle down economics on a global scale. ACA for example is pro-insurance company and NAFTA is anti-middle class. Programs like free PUBLIC college (not private) and Universal Healthcare down size government if we follow in the footsteps of countries like Germany and Sweden.

No, that happened in 1913 when the Federal Reserve was created.

I never once said that bringing peace between us and Russia was not a big deal.

@***** Gorbachev made that possible. The Soviet Union's economy was collapsing. And Gorbachev saw a new way forward. Even on the U.S. side it was experienced diplomats that made negotiations possible. Reagan only showed up when they were ready to provide photo ops. The collapse of the Soviet Union surprised Reagan more than anybody else. Heck I'll give both Bush and Nixon credit for making relations with the West and East possible.

Lucky for you I'm not a die hard conservative :)

@Gabriel Helms I don't think you understand how the internet works. You are suppose to call me an idiot and question my sexuality, masculinity and motives. lol

I completely agree!

Agreed

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I don't understand what that means. Anyone care to explain?

One of the best Internet Explorer jokes I've seen

You must be joking.

+lorilemonade Obama's good at giving speeches, but stutters way more than Reagan. Reagan's voice is a strange combination of soothing and bold, and is way more persuasive

Obama is a true intellectual. Reagan graduated from a hick Christian college with low academic standards.

+lorilemonade Yes, President TelePrompTer speaks really well.

Oh please...Obama speaks just as good, even better

@***** okay

@***** you're probably one of those poor people that agree tax cuts for the rich are a good thing.

@Jake Schmale I know you will.

@Colton Drake I will (:

+Jake Schmale Go play with your guns and lifted trucks.

@***** College football is in no way the NFL. And Yes, Reagan did play college football from 1928-1932 at Eureka College

Reagan played football at Eureka

@ratdvek Thank you for the daily dose of insanity and conspiracy theories. It makes me feel better about my own good mental health.

@luigi jimenez These weren't talking points. This is an attempt to determine what we mean by a threat and how we determine standards for intervention.

Is Iran a threat to us was the question not talking points we already know.

How is Iran an issue to us? They are no threat to the US or any regional allies.

Iran is an issue now too

Reagan wasn't polite and civilized. Do a simple search for Reagan and My Mic. I Paid For It. Which is a line he stole from a movie.

Idk i think trump happened

When did Reagan ever have a grasp of any of the issues? The man was a plagiarist.

@lorilemonade true dar

And the folks who love Bill and Hillary won't be saying how the Reagan's cared for the American people

Liberals: *Blame Reagan for seeking weapons to Iran* Liberals: *Praises Obama* Obama: *Gives Iran the possibility to make nukes an gives millions of US dollars*. Liberals: *Pretends it never happens and keeps attacking Conservatives as usual*.

@***** Google iran contra scandal. LOL, dumb ass.

+Grampa Reagan also sent a letter to Trump that he should run and he sent a letter to Ron Paul to never stop fighting for The United States.

+Billy Killett Long Live President TRUMP!

@mariogamefreak1 Trump will do fine

can you imagine trump

+Samuel Borden Thanks Gary Johnson 2016

+Nightbob Sounds like something Jerry Springer should mediate.

Oh please no. The world can't afford that again.

LITTLE MARCO!

Yup! What a shame it's become. Peace!

+K Lawn That's because Bill Clinton was a political charlatan who took way more than he gave to our country and ended his career a scandalous joke. And now, he's looking to chase skirts in the White House for another 4 years.

I didn't see Bill Clinton in this video.

May her and and Ronald rest in peace.

BTW by old people I mean social security is 25% of what our tax money goes to, and medicaid is 24%. That's half our tax dollars.

Business's should be forced to compete for labor, but with the excessive government interference it just cant happen. Hiring is a nightmare of red tape, training is too expensive so new hires at restaurants get thrown to the wolves and quit very frequently. And firing is worse because you will have to pay unemployment so its more cost effective to cut their hours and treat them like crap until they quit in frustration. We need less regulation, and lower taxes. To pay someone 10$ an hour costs about $12.50 (I was gm for a small restaurant is how i got these numbers btw), and after the employees taxes are taken they get around $8.50. after you account for sales tax it costs 12.50 to get you around 7.80 in spending power. Minimum wage employees are taxed at almost 40%, and it's all going to old people.

@jomten Then why have a minimum wage at all if it will never scale with inflation, even a little bit? Even wages for actual professional jobs should be higher to be honest.

+Bengals Fan There are good arguments to how raising the minimum wage can harm workers rather than help them.

@Gallo de Combate The minimum wage should be raised to compensate for inflation. That's just basic economics. Don't know why republicans have such a huge hate boner for raising the minimum wage. It's not like we want Mcdonald's workers making 100k a year or anything.

No kidding, I'll Lincoln and Reagan are both spinning in their graves at Donald Trump