Reagan spent a lot, not just on defense. You can take a nice look at a contemporary account from 1988 from Mises (an Austrian School of Economics style group) with some great fact breakdowns: http://mises.org/freemarket_detail.aspx?control=488
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:23 AM, G Money <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> The points are discussion worthy. I just think the Michael Mooreish >> comments attached to each one is too comical to include with them. >> >> Do you really think Reagan spent more than Obama? >> > > I know that Bush spent a LOT more than I'd expect from a "fiscal > conservative". > > I was too young when Reagan was around....but it's my understanding that he > spent a lot on defense, but not so much anywhere else. But I could be wrong. > > What did you think of Bush II's spending? I would think you'd be critical of > it (if you are a fiscal conservative). > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338077 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm