Who is More Conservative: Ronald Reagan or Barack Obama?

[rjv]

Or have the guts to authorize funding for groups fighting our enemies.

yes, by handing over weapons (over 1,500 missiles) to the iranians in the process (and all to fund the overthrowing of a democratically elected president)

Or go to war

let's see, that puts reagan in a set with how many other presidents?

[rjv]

I'm saying with the other changes, how can you determine the the breakdown of the 1%. To assign it to one thing is very narrow visioned.

the point is that the result of reagan's tax cuts was a federal government that actually increased its spending as a proportion of GDP while simultaneously increasing government debt as a result (a close to 3 trillion dollar national deficit). this hardly sounds like 'conservatism' to me.

[Wild Cobra]

the point is that the result of reagan's tax cuts was a federal government that actually increased its spending as a proportion of GDP while simultaneously increasing government debt as a result (a close to 3 trillion dollar national deficit). this hardly sounds like 'conservatism' to me.

Hard to decrease spending when the inflation left over from the Carter administration is in the double digits.

Why are we now having even more of a spending increase when we effectively have no inflation?

[boutons_deux]

"inflation left over from the Carter administration"

You Lie, Pravda huckster.

The 2nd oil shock inflatoin from the 1973 Israeli war, plus the Khoemeni oil shock from the Iranian Revolution/Embassy seizure are what pushed up inflation in 1980+, not Carter's policies.

What specific Carter policies caused inflation?

[Wild Cobra]

"inflation left over from the Carter administration"

You Lie, Pravda huckster.

The 2nd oil shock inflatoin from the 1973 Israeli war, plus the Khoemeni oil shock from the Iranian Revolution/Embassy seizure are what pushed up inflation in 1980+, not Carter's policies.

What specific Carter policies caused inflation?

I'm looking at the end result. Not any specific one.

You should look at these:

The US Inflation Rate - 1948 to 2009

Inflation was 13.58% during carters last year. Inflation was 4.08% during Reagan's last year. Inflation was -0.34% under Obama for 2009.

Look at the misery index trendby congress:

The US Misery Index by Congress January 1948 to May 2010

Why was unemplyment slowly going down until after the democrats took control in early 2006:

The US Unemployment Rate
January 1948 to May 2010

[Winehole23]

The eminently science-minded WC mischievously suggests correlation=causation.

[LnGrrrR]

Since I wasn't really around to know about these, what about the other bullets board conservatives?

• Gave Amnesty to Illegal Immigrants
• Negotiated with Terrorists (Traded Arms for Hostages with Iran)
• Negotiated with the "Evil Empire" without Pre-conditions
• Made a Decision to "Cut and Run" From Lebanon After Our Troops Were Attacked

[Wild Cobra]

The eminently science-minded WC mischievously suggests correlation=causation.

LOL....

So you only use it when it suits your own agenda?

Problem is, AWG alarmists use it over science.

[Winehole23]

LOL....

So you only use it when it suits your own agenda?

I try to avoid it.

Problem is, AWG alarmists use it over science.

So do you. Great company you've got there.