Since then Ronald Reagan and the Republican Party have given us skyrocketing deficits, and astoundingly a doubled national debt. How is it that the party of balanced budgets, with control of the White House and the Senate, accumulated red ink greater than all previous administrations put together? Tip O’Neill, although part of the problem, cannot alone be blamed.También podrían recordarle que en los años 30 y 40 Reagan fue votante demócrata registrado de FDR y Truman.
Tax revenues are up 59 percent since 1980. Because of our economic growth? No. During Carter’s four years, we had growth of 37.2 percent; Reagan’s five years have given us 30.7 percent. The new revenues are due to four giant Republican tax increases increases since 1981.
All Republicans rightly chastised Carter for his $28 billion deficit. But they ignore or even defend deficits of $220 billion, as government spending has grown 10.4 percent per year since Reagan took office, while the federal payroll has zoomed by a quarter of a million bureaucrats.
… It was tragic to listen to Ronald Reagan on the 1986 campaign trail bragging about his high spending on farm subsidies, welfare, warfare, etc. in his futile effort to hold on to control of the Senate. … Reagan’s foreign aid expenditures exceed Eisenhower’s, Kennedy’s, Johnson’s, Nixon’s, Ford’s and Carter’s put together. …
The chickens have yet to come how to roost, but they will, and America will suffer from a Reaganomics that is nothing but warmed-over Keynesianism. …”
En cualquier caso, todo esto tiene una lectura positiva para Ron Paul: a diferencia de lo que ocurría hace cuatro años, este año los favoritos se molestan en responder a sus críticas, y eso es un reconocimiento tácito de su mayor relevancia en la campaña, está a un nivel superior como candidato.
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