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Do Elections Guarantee Freedom?, by James Bovard, Freedom Daily, Nov 2007
Related Topics: Voting, George W. Bush, Constitution of the United States, Government, Lyndon B. Johnson
Discusses whether democratic elections achieve the purported objective of "will of the people" controlling the government
"In his 1989 farewell address, President Ronald Reagan asserted, '"We the People" tell the government what to do, it doesn't tell us. "We the people" are the driver — the government is the car. ...' But the American people did not choose to 'drive' into Beirut and get hundreds of Marines blown up, choose to run up the largest budget deficits in American history ..." |
Examining Reagan's Record on Free Trade, by Sheldon Richman, The Wall Street Journal, 10 May 1982
Related Topics: Free Trade
"Mr. Reagan wants to be known as a free-trader. Indeed, he lists as heroes some of history's foremost free-traders: Frederic Bastiat, Richard Cobden, Ludwig von Mises and F. A. Hayek, all of whom would find import quotas odious. ... How ironic that Mr. Reagan, admirer of free-traders, has yet to discover the senseless self-deprivation of protectionism and the imperative of immediate elimination of U.S. trade barriers." |
Flashback: Beirut, June 1982: The Reagan Roadmap for Antiterrorism Disaster, by James Bovard, CounterPunch, 8 Oct 2003
Related Topics: Lebanon
"Muslims also responded to U.S. troops by seizing American hostages. Reagan sent military equipment to Iran as a means to entice the Iranians to exert pressure to get hostages released. After the 'arms for hostages' deal became public (along with the illegal funneling of the proceeds to the Nicaraguan Contras), Reagan's credibility was devastated. " |
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Machiavelli and U.S. Politics, Part 3: Lies and Appearances, by Lawrence M. Ludlow, 19 Aug 2005
Related Topics: Politics, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton
"Reagan is remembered for opening the curtains on 'morning in America' despite saddling taxpayers with massive debt and profligate spending, trade protectionism, expanding bureaucracies, and an extension of criminal law that has stuffed our prisons with nonviolent offenders." |
The Reagan Record On Trade: Rhetoric Vs. Reality, by Sheldon Richman, Cato Policy Analysis No. 107, 30 May 1988
Related Topics: Free Trade
"If President Reagan has been trying to teach ... that free trade is good, it is hard to imagine what an ideologically protectionist president would have said. ... Reagan embraced trade restrictions ... through imposition of a special 45 percent tariff over a five-year period ... on Japanese heavy motorcycles as a favor to Harley Davidson. " |
Under the Shadow of Inflationomics, by Hans F. Sennholz, Mises.org Daily Article, 1 Jun 2006
Related Topics: Inflation, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Bill Clinton, Gold Standard, Richard M. Nixon
"The Reagan Administration (1981-1989) reversed long-standing Keynesian trends by pursuing a supply-side economic program of tax and non-defense budget cuts. The program built on the thought that high tax rates and government regulation discourage private investment in areas that fuel economic expansion ..." |
Warring as Lying Throughout American History, by James Bovard, Freedom Daily, Feb 2008
Related Topics: War, American War Between the States, Gulf War, World War II
Recounts how U.S. Presidents and their administrations since James Polk have lied about wars, from start to finish
"... Reagan portrayed the attack as unstoppable, falsely claiming that the truck 'crashed through a series of barriers, including a chain-link fence and barbed-wire entanglements. The guards opened fire, but it was too late.' In reality, the guards did not fire because they were prohibited from having loaded weapons — one of many pathetic failures of defense that the Reagan administration sought to sweep under the carpet." |
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Golly! I was right! Government isn't the solution ..., by Tony Auth, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 13 Sep 2005
Related Topics: Government |
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