From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (exuptr@exu.ericsson.se)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.elections,alt.flame
Subject: Re: Lets not blame Reagan for everything....
Date: 11 Sep 92 20:08:54 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.

In article <1992Sep10.220028.2732@fid.morgan.com> joec@fid.morgan.com (Joe Collins) writes:
>From: joec@fid.morgan.com (Joe Collins)
>Subject: Lets not blame Reagan for everything....
>Date: 10 Sep 92 22:00:28 GMT

>In article <92254.152550MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu> Norman St. John Polevaulter <MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>>In article <1685EB8C1.MEDELMA@cms.cc.wayne.edu>, MEDELMA@cms.cc.wayne.edu
>>(Michael Edelman) says:
>>
>>>In article <1992Sep10.131533.25653@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
>>>bis@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Bis) writes:
>>
>>>>     [...]
>>>>Too late.  Ronnie already did that.  Yes, any clueless people who
>>>>might be reading this, RONNIE destroyed the economy, NOT George Bush!
>>>>Does this mean Bush is free of fault?  Of course not.  What did he do?
>>>>Well...nothing.  :)
>>
>>>Speaking of clueless! That's the centerpiece of the revisionist 80s
>>>history, isn't it? Reagan presided over the longest peacetime economic
>>>boom in the nation's history-> ergo we will assert it didn't really exist.
>>
>>"Well, if you'd let me write $300 billion in hot checks every year,
>> I could give you the illusion of prosperity too!"
>>   -- Lloyd Bentsen, '88 vice-presidential debate.
>>
>>We'll be paying for Reagan's alleged boom for the rest of our lives, thank you.

>Do some homework.....It was the longest peacetime economic boom
>in our history. If we wish to blame anyone for:
>1-Our high debt- blame ourselves for NOT kicking the tax/spend bums out of 
>                 the Democratic Congress
>2-Our recession- recessions/expansions are part of the natural cycle. This
>                 one is more difficult because we all splurged in the 1980s.
>3-The end of the Cold War - Thank you Ron. My son will grow up in a SAFER world
>4-The advance of Democracy - Thank you Ron.
>5-The end of inflation - thank you Ron and Paul Volcker
>6-The end of crushing interest rates (circa late 70s) - Thank you Ron/Paul

>....etc...

>I suspect many people posting don't recall the 70s. I will be happy to
>trade the 80s again for the 70s. Many others may not remember civil defense
>drills in the 60s, where we all headed into shelters. I remember doing this
>in the 4th grade. How about the Cuban Missle crisis, where we almost went
>to war with Soviets? Or the Vietnam war with us supporting South Vietnam
>against the Communist north, backed by the Soviets?

>Lets not forget the expansionist Soviet Empire during the 60s and 70s, or our
>Hostages in Iran (How many Americans are hostage now? far fewer).

>How about the broad decline in the power of unions, after Reagan fired the
>air traffic controllers back early in his first administration?

>Sure he made mistakes - we all do. But Ronald Reagan did many
>brilliant things for us. The list is endless....

>THANK YOU RON! 

>My son will grow up in a far safer world than I grew up and
>I credit Ronald Reagan.

Ra! Ra!  Well said, Joe.

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