I think it would be a shame if all Reagan was remembered for was selling arms to contras...


>I don't mean this to sound offense, but I wasn't sure what the point of your post was.
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>>On 8 of the 10 key economic variables examined, the American economy performed better during the Reagan years than during the pre- and post-Reagan years.
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>>Real economic growth averaged 3.2 percent during the Reagan years versus 2.8 percent during the Ford-Carter years and 2.1 percent during the Bush-Clinton years.
>>Real median family income grew by $4,000 during the Reagan period after experiencing no growth in the pre-Reagan years; it experienced a loss of almost $1,500 in the post-Reagan years.
>>Interest rates, inflation, and unemployment fell faster under Reagan than they did immediately before or after his presidency.
>>The only economic variable that was worse in the Reagan period than in both the pre- and post-Reagan years was the savings rate, which fell rapidly in the 1980s. The productivity rate was higher in the pre-Reagan years but much lower in the post-Reagan years.
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>>http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-261es.html
>>http://www.ncpa.org/pd/economy/ecoa4c.html
>>I thought this was actually very interesting:
>>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/economy/jan-june04/reagan_6-10-04.html