Ronald Reagan's Real Record

So the Republican candidates for POTUS want to fashion themselves after saint Ronnie Reagan? The Agonist want's to keep the gipper's record straight and above the media's mythology:
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The Truth Of Reagan's Economic Record

The Republicans have been busy lately. All of their candidates want to claim the mantle of Reagan. However, the truth of Reagan's record is far more sobering. Reagan never balanced a budget and he sent the country into mammoth amounts of debt. Finally, his tax cuts never even came close to paying for themselves.

First -- and most importantly -- Reagan never balanced a budget. In fact, Reagan never came close to balancing a budget. For all of his talk about hating big government, Reagan did a fair amount of solid work in creating a bigger federal government.

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