A Truly Sad Day

[Thomas]

foodie to tand--I agree. BUT...

the Lebanon retreat was among the first signs to terrorists that we are weak. That was one measure of the Reagan legacy. Oh yes, we did invade the mighty Grenada to show how strong we were!

In addition, all those who think Reagan shrank govt.--it grew by 26% during his eight years--lowered taxes; he signed 13 "revenue enhancer bills," not tax increases, mind you, just revenue enhancers. One of those bills increased wine taxes by a couple of digits...tax reform reduced upper level tax percentages while us middle classers lost interest payment deductions and the S.S. tax I referred to above.

As I have said before: facts have a nasty habit of getting in the way of ideology.

Politics is dirty business. Reagan was a great optimist--no doubt about it. But he was also a politician. Love the man--hate the politics.



[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 06-07-2004).]