When everything's gone wrong somehow?
Good old Ronald Wilson "Ray-gun" Reagan would have turned 100 years old today.
Ah, the memories. In his first week in public office, he signed the largest tax increase of any governor before or since in all of American history ($6 billion in today's dollars) to balance California's budget.
Not a mistake he'd repeat as President, where he racked up record deficits, increased government spending by 25%, and America's tax burden by 20% in real terms (except for the rich, of course).
And following the economic advice of a brain-damaged former NFL quarterback (with a penchant for reactionary anti-Communist science fiction), Congressman Jack Kemp, he (re)popularized the idea of trickle-down economics (a.k.a. Reaganomics).
Still, Reagan is a high demigod in the Republican Pantheon, and we all know what the new Congress would like to do in light of the outcomes of Reaganomics so far: double down!
Another 30 years of the Reagan Revolution and I'm sure it'll all sort out.
Genesis -- Land of Confusion
I remember
Long ago
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when the sun was shining
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And then the stars were bright
All through the night
And the sounds of your laughter
As I held you tight
So long ago
Funny, Moammar Qadafi (who sponsored a ton of terrorism, including the bombing of the airplane over Lockerbie, Scotland) is in the video ... and still in power. For that matter, so is Hosni Mubarak (since 1981). Hmmm, I remember Reagan's administration arming the Taliban.
ReplyDeleteWay to go Saint Ronnie!
Marty, it's the Libyans!
ReplyDeleteFWIW, much like how Iraq was somehow responsible for 9/11, Libya was blamed for Lockerbie. The trial was a complete joke -- 3 witnesses paid a million $+ for their testimony.
No offense, Grange, but for a cool mill, I'd tell every crow and canary that you were the Lockerbie bomber.
But, despite all that (who is our mortal enemy now, not the Libyans or Iraqis??? I'm lost and confused and unsure of which brown persons I should hate as an American) Reagan was still as lousy at foreign as he was at domestic.
Oh, now I remember!
Bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran!
No worries, if you were offered a million to sell me out, I would be offended if you turned it down.
ReplyDeleteLOL! Oh, Grange, that was just a rhetorical flourish and, perhaps too, a bottle of whiskey talking. I pray that I myself couldn't ever sell a fellow soul down the river: no Judas me!
ReplyDeleteAlthough, come to think about it, q.v. :p
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