And before an a-hole like Paddler jumps in to impugn Reagan, here are the facts.
When Reagan took office, the prime interest rate was over 20%, mortgage rates were about 18%, inflation was running at 13%, there were long lines to buy gasoline and the cost of heating skyrocketed. By the time he left office in 1989, 18 million new jobs had been created, inflation was cut to 4%, interest rates were cut in half, the Federal Registry of regulations had half the number of pages, and the Iron Curtain had come down. Reagan freed millions people from tyranny. He was a hero. In his re-election, he carried every single state except Mondale's home state of MN by a few thousand votes. Greatest vote getter in the history of the electoral college, 525 out of 538. God I miss him.
