Reagan's failed economy = Dems fault

[ACPS65]

Says a good Repug at work. Democrat-controlled congress blocked many of his initiatives that would have spurred the economy.

Is this true?

[matcom]

1. same ones that say Clinton's BOOMING economy = Repukes Doing?

:shrug:

[EstimatedProphet]

2. Of course it's true! Repubs are always right!

I remember seeing a Retardican shill during the Reagan era say that the boost in the stock market due to Reagan's trickle-down was thanks to Reagan, but the job losses that came from the exact same policy (and he said it was the same policy!) were the fault of the Democrats in Congress!

I sell my car. I have money in my pocket now, which is because of my good decision. But I no longer have transportation, which is the fault of the guy that bought my car.

For some reason, some people actually buy that argument!

[Devlzown]

3. Of course.

If the economy's good, thank the Republicans.
If the economy sucks, blame the Democrats.
If there's peace, the Republicans have killed all the bad guys.
If there's war, the Democrats have turned all the bad guys loose.
I could come up with dozens of these.

[BigBigBear]

4. Reagan signed 7 tax increases

in a failed attempt to make up for the huge tax cuts he ran on.

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/brucebartlett/bb20031028.shtml

He never submitted a balanced budget once - the Dem Congress accurately re-calculated Reagan's wishful budget thinking based on entitlement realities - that's why THEIR numbers always came in higher than Reagan's.

Feast thine eyes on quality Reagan-myth-deflation.

http://www.americanpolitics.com/20020319Hersh.html

http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-carterreagan.htm

[patricia92243]

5. Surprise! surprise!

[louis-t]

6. Reagan was actually well liked by Dems...

and he didn't have any trouble getting something through if it had any merit.