Can you imagine how the right-wing noise machine would react if President Obama:
- Increased federal spending as a percentage of the economy to levels previously seen only during World War II.
- Tripled the national debt.
- Dramatically increased Social Security payroll taxes on employees and employers.
- Increased the capital gains tax to 28%.
- Raised gas taxes.
- Increased federal government employment.
- Created a massive new cabinet department.
- Sold arms to Iran.
- Withdrew entirely from a Middle Eastern war zone in response to a single deadly terrorist attack against US troops.
- Funded terrorist groups in our own hemisphere.
- Signed a treaty committing to make deep cuts in our strategic nuclear weapons.
- Proposed the total elimination of nuclear weapons.
And what if the most expensive federal office building in history was subsequently named after him? I'm sure it would be mocked as a fitting legacy to this “big government” president.
The president I'm describing is, of course, Ronald Reagan.
Stolen outright from Russ Daggatt
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Alas, to the GOP St. Reagan could do no wrong (although they've pretty much admitted that they'd deny the stem cell research that could have kept him alive).
I like the raise capital gains tax one. Do it on gains (made within 3 months, so as to penalize speculative trading), and say, "It's the same tax you had under Reagan, why are you so upset?". If they keep bitching, lower the capital gains tax on investements longer than five years to 10%. That'll show'em.
Reagan and Goldwater...nothing by a pair of pussy liberals.
The Gipper is a vominus character.
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