{"id":20215,"date":"2010-08-21T15:42:32","date_gmt":"2010-08-21T19:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=20215"},"modified":"2010-08-21T15:42:32","modified_gmt":"2010-08-21T19:42:32","slug":"obama-as-reagan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=20215","title":{"rendered":"Obama as Reagan"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Post<\/a> tries to draw parallels between Reagan and Obama;<\/p>\n

President Obama’s advisers have sometimes looked to Ronald Reagan for comparison and inspiration. If the Gipper could survive a deep recession, low approval ratings and an adverse midterm election in his first two years and win reelection handily two years later, then Obama could easily do the same, they reason.<\/p>\n

Obama’s presidency has looked like Reagan’s in some broad ways. Both men succeeded unpopular presidents of the opposite party. Both offered big and bold plans — Reagan with massive tax cuts, Obama with a massive stimulus and national health care — that set the country in a new direction. Reagan’s goal was to shrink government. Obama’s efforts have enlarged government. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, tax cuts and massive spending are exactly the same – especially in the effect they’ll have on the economy. Reagan let us spend out own money, Obama takes our money and directs how it’s spent. That’s the same, right?<\/p>\n

The Post goes on to focus on the unemployment rate during both administrations and their popularity ratings. The big difference is that Reagan’s policies carried over into the next two administrations and brought on the economic boom of the 90s. It’s doubtful that Obama’s policies will last through his own administration because of the misguided ideology behind them.<\/p>\n

Tax cuts saved the economy twice in the last thirty years, it’s beyond me how the Obama Administration that tax hikes will have the same effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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