Comments on: Debunking the Reagan Myth http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/21/07/56/debunking-the-reagan-myth/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:49:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Laura Morland http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/21/07/56/debunking-the-reagan-myth/#comment-135199 Laura Morland Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:07:29 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/21/07/56/debunking-the-reagan-myth/#comment-135199 Dear Sifter, Please, before you give up on Obama, rad what he actually said. Krugman is being deceitful in not reporting the entire conversation, which can be found here: http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/clinton-obama_slugfest.html Obama: The Republican approach, I think, has played itself out. I think it’s fair to say that the Republicans were the party of ideas for a pretty long chunk of time there over the last 10, 15 years, in the sense that they were challenging conventional wisdom. Now, you’ve heard it all before. You look at the economic policies when they’re being debated among the presidential candidates, it’s all tax cuts.* Well, we’ve done that; we’ve tried it. That’s not really going to solve our energy problems, for example. * meaning: "the Reagan approach". Dear Sifter,
Please, before you give up on Obama, rad what he actually said. Krugman is being deceitful in not reporting the entire conversation, which can be found here:
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/clinton-obama_slugfest.html

Obama: The Republican approach, I think, has played itself out. I think it’s fair to say that the Republicans were the party of ideas for a pretty long chunk of time there over the last 10, 15 years, in the sense that they were challenging conventional wisdom.

Now, you’ve heard it all before. You look at the economic policies when they’re being debated among the presidential candidates, it’s all tax cuts.* Well, we’ve done that; we’ve tried it. That’s not really going to solve our energy problems, for example.

* meaning: “the Reagan approach”.

]]> By: modman http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/21/07/56/debunking-the-reagan-myth/#comment-135152 modman Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:57:38 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/21/07/56/debunking-the-reagan-myth/#comment-135152 Louis, Reaganomics did not work, and I am living proof of that. I graduated in Biochemistry in 1991 and there were no jobs. As a matter of fact there were so few jobs it was all over the cover of the news weeklys. When I went to career services they said they don't really get companies looking for employees any more. Louis,
Reaganomics did not work, and I am living proof of that. I graduated in Biochemistry in 1991 and there were no jobs. As a matter of fact there were so few jobs it was all over the cover of the news weeklys. When I went to career services they said they don’t really get companies looking for employees any more.

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]]> By: Izquierdo http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/21/07/56/debunking-the-reagan-myth/#comment-135061 Izquierdo Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:37:29 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/21/07/56/debunking-the-reagan-myth/#comment-135061 Right on, Louis! Thanks for pointing this out. We are in a broad-based economic boom right now, and it's getting better every day. I don't think that things have ever been better. Right on, Louis!
Thanks for pointing this out.
We are in a broad-based economic boom right now,
and it’s getting better every day.
I don’t think that things have ever been better.

]]> By: Louis http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/21/07/56/debunking-the-reagan-myth/#comment-135046 Louis Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:21:13 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/21/07/56/debunking-the-reagan-myth/#comment-135046 Reaganomics did work, and I am living proof. I entered college in 1979, when Carter was in office, and the economy, and my job prospects, were horrible. By the time I left college in 1983, I had offers from all over the country. Revenues to the treasury nearly tripled during his time in office, due to the tax cuts. More blacks entered the middle class than in any other decade in our history. The middle class prospered during the Reagan years. The disparity between the rich and poor decreased during the Reagan years, but increased dramatically during Clinton's term. Paul Krugman is a discredited economist. He predicted the Bush tax cuts wouldn't get us out of the recession from 9/11 - they did. His line in the article above, "Employment growth in the Bush years has been pathetic compared with job creation in the Clinton era" is meant to simply mislead the reader. Unemployment is, and has been during the Bush years, at historic lows. It is impossible to add jobs at a pace like that in the 90's because there aren't as many unemployed people to take those jobs. In other words, "duh." Let's examine the facts - the average unemplyment rate has been lower during the Bush years than during Clinton, and GDP growth has been higher. By nearly every measurement, the economy during Bush's presidency has been better than during Clinton. The misery index, invented by Jimmy Carter, has been lowest during Bush's presidency, lower than either Clinton or Reagan. Facts are annoying things to political hacks like Krugman. Before you believe anything he writes, it is best to check the facts first. More often than not, the two never match up. Reaganomics did work, and I am living proof. I entered college in 1979, when Carter was in office, and the economy, and my job prospects, were horrible. By the time I left college in 1983, I had offers from all over the country. Revenues to the treasury nearly tripled during his time in office, due to the tax cuts. More blacks entered the middle class than in any other decade in our history. The middle class prospered during the Reagan years. The disparity between the rich and poor decreased during the Reagan years, but increased dramatically during Clinton’s term.

Paul Krugman is a discredited economist. He predicted the Bush tax cuts wouldn’t get us out of the recession from 9/11 - they did. His line in the article above, “Employment growth in the Bush years has been pathetic compared with job creation in the Clinton era” is meant to simply mislead the reader. Unemployment is, and has been during the Bush years, at historic lows. It is impossible to add jobs at a pace like that in the 90’s because there aren’t as many unemployed people to take those jobs. In other words, “duh.” Let’s examine the facts - the average unemplyment rate has been lower during the Bush years than during Clinton, and GDP growth has been higher. By nearly every measurement, the economy during Bush’s presidency has been better than during Clinton. The misery index, invented by Jimmy Carter, has been lowest during Bush’s presidency, lower than either Clinton or Reagan. Facts are annoying things to political hacks like Krugman. Before you believe anything he writes, it is best to check the facts first. More often than not, the two never match up.

]]> By: sifter http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/21/07/56/debunking-the-reagan-myth/#comment-135028 sifter Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:52:03 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/21/07/56/debunking-the-reagan-myth/#comment-135028 Yeah. Unfortunately, Obama lost me for good with those comments. I don't actually care why he made them. Reagan was a disaster economically for all but the wealthy, as Bush has been. He lied to Congress and the American people about his violent foreign policies (Iran-Contra), as Bush has done. It was also during Reagan's years that United States operatives trained death squads in Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala in the art of torture and other lovely practices. See the connection? I could never imagine, in a million years, making such statements. Obama will never get my vote, now. Yeah. Unfortunately, Obama lost me for good with those comments. I don’t actually care why he made them. Reagan was a disaster economically for all but the wealthy, as Bush has been. He lied to Congress and the American people about his violent foreign policies (Iran-Contra), as Bush has done. It was also during Reagan’s years that United States operatives trained death squads in Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala in the art of torture and other lovely practices. See the connection? I could never imagine, in a million years, making such statements. Obama will never get my vote, now.

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