-Ronald Reagan
Is Reagan talking about the New Deal that he supported?
Probably.
Although in theory he is not wrong.
Americans will accept soft forms of tyranny under the guise of popular political parties.
One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. It’s very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project. Most people are a little reluctant to oppose anything that suggests medical care for people who possibly can’t afford it.
Of course, this monkey business has resulted in sizable budget deficits.
One should
never espouse Reaganism and castigate high deficits in the same sentence. Sadly, the mens rea of my party today is simply to reduce taxes and cerain types of government spending, NOT to reduce deficits. Sadly, even most mainstream Republicans have accepted the Norquist "killing the beast" plan of using high deficits as a means to that end, not an inherent evil as was once the case.
