Ronald Reagan was a Better President than Barack Obama

My RefutationsPresident ReaganI. Economic Policy"My opponent said that Reagan was a strong supporter of supply-side economics, however, supply-side ecnomics has proven a failure after three decades [1]." The idea that supply-side economics (also known Laffer curve) has proven to be a failure is false to the highest degree. My opponent claims that Reaganomics are inferior to the economic policies of Bill Clinton and BO (Clinton is irrelevant since this is a debate between President Reagan and BO). Let's compare President Reagan and Clinton anyway by economic growth, since according to my opponent's first source. The economy after the 1993 tax increases increased growth. However, this is false. Economic growth under President Reagan was at 3.2% while economic growth under Clinton was at 2.6%. [1]Still not convinced? How about the fact that Clinton actually signed a capital gains tax cut in 1997. This dramatically increase growth under his presidency. What about the signing of NAFTA? That's free trade, one of the foundations of the supply-side strategy. [2]Not enoguh yet? How about this:1. Median household incomes increased by $4,000 under President Reagan. Incomes during the 1990s fell by over $1,400.2. Over 17 million jobs were produced by President Reagan's policies. During the 1990s, the US only managed 1.3 million jobs per year.3. Inflation started at 13.5% during the Reagan presidency would go down to 6.2% by the start of his second term. [1]To say that supply-side economics does not work is highly foolish since supply is the start of economic growth. "My opponent shows a chart of the unemployment rate during Reagan's presidency, however you can see on the chart yourself that in his first term he raised the unemployment by three percent! Sure, he lowered it again, but many jobs were lost from 82 to 84, regardless of whether they were created later."My opponent attacks President Reagan's record by saying that unemployment rose during it. This was not the president's fault. Everyone knows that a recession peaks at some time. This was just the peak of the recession. President Reagan's 1981 tax cut went into full effect by then and unemployment decreased. My opponent then attacks my source, but I only showed the source to show where the graph came from. It isn't an opinion, its just a fact."My opponent says that Apple started under Reagan, so Reagan is responsible for Apple. This is selective and falacious. Apple seems to be doing pretty fine under Barack Obama too... I would also like to mention that my opponent has not cited any of Reagan's "policies" that magically created Apple."I cited a book that discusses how President Reagan's economic policies helped create Apple. Also, did my opponent just say Apple is doing fine under BO. They have been mostly losing a lot in the stock market more recently. [4]In the end, President Ronald Reagan saved the American economy.II. Cold War and other Foreign Policy IssuesI explained the three reasons why the USSR crumbled AND I cited Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader of the country opposing President Reagan. While the USSR did not fall during President Reagan's policies, it fell as a result to them. It just took a little time. Next up is the Iran-Contra affair where my opponent cites the most accurate source he can find. Wait is that "American Dad"? Nevermind. I don't need to even cite a source because it is common sense that President Reagan was not found to have done anything wrong. He did take responsibility however, and the public greatly supported him for it.BOI. Economic Policy"The chart he shows for Barack Obama shows the exact same thing for Reagan. The unemployment rate raised, and then lowered again. We are at a moot point. He also says that the unemployment rate drop is 1% less than Reagan's, however, we are not looking at drops. We have to look at the hard facts, and even by looking at your charts we can see the unemployment rate was lower under Obama's presidency."This is because BO did not have to deal with such a bad recession compared to President Reagan, the greatest man to ever live. Like I said before, the recession peaks at some point and then the recovery begins. However, BO had less of an economic recession than President Reagan and the unemployment rate is going down much slower compared to the 1980 recession. Currently, President Reagan's drop in unemployment is 1.3% more than BO's and this is in the four year two month span. I have no idea where my opponent got his second argument that spending is better in recessions. We are comparing the President Reagan recovery vs. the BO recovery. The BO recovery is much weaker and he has spent trillions on bank bailouts and stimulus packages.II. Foreign PolicyThe BO administration and the State Department did not have adequate protection for four men in Libya. We did not have enough security there and the result was there deaths. That is the fault of him, his administration, and the State Department.I then ROFL at my opponent's question of why giving weapons to radical Muslim rebels is a bad thing. Newsflash: They hate us! I did provide a source by the way.Just because Egypt has not dictator does not mean good things are happening because of the radical groups in Egypt. Remember they were considering destroying the Pyramids? We wasted billions of dollars, tanks, and fighters to this new country that we are not familiar with. All BO and his administration does is trust, not verify, like what President Reagan would do.ConclusionI have proven that President Ronald Reagan was a much better president than BO economically and in foreign policy. I have much more sources. Win one more for the gipper!Sources1. Niskanen, William A., and Stephen Moore. "Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 261: Supply-Side Tax Cuts and the Truth about the Reagan Economic Record." Cato Institute. N.p., 22 Oct. 1996. Web.2. Cain, Herman and Rich Lowrie. 9-9-9 An Army of Davids. 2012.3. Laffer, Arthur. "The Laffer Curve: Past, Present, and Future." The Heritage Foundation. N.p., 1 June 2004. Web.4. http://www.google.com...