Try again.  Reagan cut it to half of what it was under Carter.  Clinton only cut it by a little over 1 point.  Nice try, but wrong as usual.

Wrong on both counts.  It happened on Bush I's watch, and it was not inevitable until the soviet union collapsed under an arms race it could not afford.  Dont try revisionist history here.  Alison asked a legitimate question, not for communist propaganda.

How long does it take you to put together a coherant thought? Or have you yet?

Unbelievably disgusting things to say Myrrander. I can't believe you're a public school teacher and would say such ugly things "Best thing is that he's dead".

When Ronald Reagan took office, Americans lived under the real fear of nuclear war.  Taxes were incredibly high. The poverty rate was high. Unemployment was at 9%.

When Reagan left office, the threat of nuclear war was largely gone, taxes were lower, poverty had declined and unemployment was much lower.

In 1980, Communism was seen to be on the rise. It has steadily enslaved more and more people. Reagan stopped it and did so without significant military action.  Contrast that to the Korean War (Truman - 50,000 dead Americans) or Vietnam (Kennedy/Johnson - 60,000 dead Americans) and the scope of Reagan's accomplishment becomes clear.

as i pointed out elsewhere, reagan avoided perjuring himself to evade indictment for willfully violating federal law while testifying before a grand jury and the walsh iran/contra investigation by consistently claiming an inablity to recall a number of things one would expect him to be able to remember considering his determination to support the contras in their war against the legitimate government of nicaragua.

it might be easier to dismiss reagan's faulty memory in light of his history of alzheimer's disease IF  he hadn't done exactly the same thing at age 51 in 1962 when required to testify before a us grand jury investigating federal anti-trust law violations as well as complicity by contravening union regulations regarding a waiver extended to mca (a major hollywood talent agency) which substantially benefited both reagan and  lou wasserman (his agent) while reagan was president of the screen actors guild  in 1952.  

anyone who has ever testified or given a deposition will quickly recognize the transparency of reagan's claim to have no recollection of the details of something in which he clearly participated much to the detriment of the union members he was obligated to protect.  an overview of reagan's 'testimony'  can be found here: Link

comparing the relative harm done to the country by dealing with the rogue state of iran in order to support a clandestine military campaign contrary to official policy a in direct violation of a congressional ban against doing so with clinton having consensual sex with an adult woman is nothing short of ludicrous.

clinton wouldnt have been impeached either if hed (dishonestly) claimed he couldnt recall. 

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i'm almost positive (based on other comments made by this contributor) english is not his native language.  i dont know about you but im guessin it would take me at least a week to offer an equivalent oomment (which seems to be supportive of your boy reagan) in any language but spanish (possibly) and then it would probably be much less coherent or intelligble.