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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (42974)	4/29/2010 12:34:03 AM
From: RMF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

The main thing I don't like about Reagan is that he made such a BIG point about how high our national debt was in 1980 then he went on this big spending spree after cutting taxes. He said he was going to CUT government spending but he INCREASED it dramatically. He also cut regulations which led to the biggest government "bailout" up to that time of the savings and loans. His "legacy" was a continuing Republican mantra of LESS taxes and LESS regulation which has brought us to this wonderful position that we now find ourselves in. If Carter had been reelected he would have been one of the most HIGHLY respected Presidents of his generation. He might have gotten us back to balanced budgets by 1984. He certainly would have made the military more efficient. Carter was the guy that wanted the "free market" to play a bigger role in our military spending, unlike Reagan who just gave carte blanche to military contractors (thus the $1000 hammers and toilet seats). Carter probably would have ended the cold war earlier. He was the guy that actually got Sadat to GO to Israel, so Gorbachev would have been a piece of cake.....