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Old 05-09-2017, 09:02 AM  
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Originally Posted by shiraz9944 View Post
Ronald Reagan presided over the largest economic period of growth in history during his 8 years. Yes much larger than Bill Clinton's even. Unemployment when he came in was over 10%, when he left was zero or anything below 4.5 is considered zero. His is pretty right though some say more centrist than they realize. He didn't kill millions, started no wars that lasted more than say a few weeks, grew the GDP and built up the military enormously.
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The result has been unprecedented government debt. Reagan has tripled the Gross Federal Debt, from $900 billion to $2.7 trillion. Ford and Carter in their combined terms could only double it. It took 31 years to accomplish the first postwar debt tripling, yet Reagan did it in eight.
https://mises.org/library/sad-legacy-ronald-reagan-0


Also Reagan would be considered a bleeding heart libby by todays standards of Ted Cruz and the other GOP facists
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