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Originally Posted by Freiwillige
And one can say what they want about Reagan's administration but he was the only president In recent times who actually shrank the government instead of bloating it.
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When Reagan was Governor of California he left office with the state having a budget surplus of several millions, the next Govenor (much to my horror since I live here) Jerry Brown was the next Governor and before his first term was up he'd already blew through the entire surplus and plunged the state into an equal amount of debt. Believe Reagan was quoted previously, but the truth behind it is the same "the cure to government, is less government".
One thing Reagan had was a real backbone, he wouldn't let anyone intimidate the US. He was a big fan of cruise missles, and wasn't afraid to have Battleships/Destroyers in the area launch attacks at those whom struck at us. He wasn't afraid of "polictial correctness" and used the armed forces
when they were needed. Had Reagan been president in the 90's there's a good chance 9/11 wouldn't have happened, why? Because at one point Bin Laden was at a know location, coraborated by several reliable sources. All Clinton had to do was order the strike and 1 cruise missle would have brought him down. This chance happened right after the Lewinski scandal broke and didn't take the action he should have because it might have possibly make his political situation worse. "
War is
cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over." -- Gen William Tecumseh Sherman