Reaganomics: Myth v Facts

Ronald Reagan was a big spender: Spending during Reagan’s two terms (FY 1981-88) averaged 22.4% GDP, well above the 20.6% GDP average from 1971 to 2009.

Ronald Reagan did not care about the debt: The public debt rose from $712 billion in 1980 to $2,052 billion in 1988, a roughly three-fold increase.

Ronald Reagan raised taxes: Reagan hiked taxes many times and instituted new taxes. He increased taxes about a dozen times when confronted with surging deficits.

Under Ronald Reagan’s watch, U.S. moved from the world’s largest international creditor to the world’s largest debtor nation.

Michelle Malkin is an Anchor Baby

“Anchor baby” is a pejorative term for a child born in the United States to immigrant parents, who, as an American citizen, supposedly can later facilitate immigration for relatives. The term is generally used as a derogatory reference to the supposed role of the child who automatically qualifies as an American citizen and can later act as a sponsor for other family members The term is often used in the context of the debate over illegal immigration to the United States, but is used for the child of any immigrant

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor_baby

Michelle  Malkin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Philippine citizens Rafaela (née Perez) – a homemaker and teacher – and Apolo DeCastro Maglalang

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Malkin

Michelle Malkin is a vile hypocrite for railing against “anchor babies” when she is herself an “anchor baby”.

Herman Cain’s economic adviser

Herman Cain, for the first time, named his economic-adviser who helped him create the 999 plan yesterday. The former Godfather’s Pizza CEO was pressed for his circle of economic advisers at Tuesday’s debate in response to a question from moderator Karen Tumulty of the Washington Post.

Herman Cain says his much-touted 9-9-9 plan is the product of extensive testing and thinking, but the only man he cited as involved with its research — Rich Lowrie.
When I first heard the name I thought he meant “Rich Lowry” of the National Review. Rich Lowry is the “starburst” clown who wrote this about Sarah Palin in 2008.

“A very wise TV executive once told me that the key to TV is projecting through the screen. It’s one of the keys to the success of, say, a Bill O’Reilly, who comes through the screen and grabs you by the throat. Palin too projects through the screen like crazy. I’m sure I’m not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, “Hey, I think she just winked at me.” And her smile. By the end, when she clearly knew she was doing well, it was so sparkling it was almost mesmerizing. It sent little starbursts through the screen and ricocheting around the living rooms of America. This is a quality that can’t be learned; it’s either something you have or you don’t, and man, she’s got it.

But the Herman Cain’s adviser is “Rich Lowrie”. Rich Lowrie is not a trained economist. He is a wealth manager for a division of Wells Fargo.  He also spent three years on the advisory board of the conservative third-party group Americans For Prosperity.

Why do the Conservatives/Republicans/Tea Baggers listen to Rush Limbaugh?

Why do the Conservatives/Republicans/Tea Baggers listen to Rush Limbaugh? He is a drug-addict, his abuse of drugs was so severe at one time that he permanently lost his hearing. He now has a cochlear implant.

Rush was once detained for more than three hours at the Palm Beach Airport after officials found a bottle of Viagra in his possession with someone else’s name on it. He was going on vacation with a bottle of Viagra. He is a serial philanderer, has married and divorced multiple times.

He is not very well educated (never could finish college, barely managed to clear High School). According to his mother, “he flunked everything”.  He is a draft-dodging chicken-hawk.  He is also quite obese.

The gullible morons who listen to his rants proudly call themselves “ditto-heads”. Why is this man a conservative hero? Is it his racist rants that appeal to the Conservatives/Republicans/Tea Baggers?