What Did Reagan Do To Make Us Energy Independet?

[dtotire]

The answer is,of course, nothing. He actually made us more dependent on foreign energy by cutting back or eliminating programs initiated by Jimmy Carter such as research into wind turbines and solar energy, the Synthetic Fuels Corporation, etc. Removing solar panels from the White House Roof. We could have been the world leader in alternative energy sources. He was very short-sighted.

[LiberalFighter]

1. I accidently unrec

[LiberalFighter]

2. On a different topic

Reagan raised taxes in 1982, 1983, 1984, and 1986.

Reagan raised taxes to pay for government-run health care.

America's federal debt was $1 trillion when Reagan took office.
Eight years later it was $3 trillion.


Reagan opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 when the two measures were passed.

Reagan vetoed the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1988.

Reagan opposed the establishment of the Martin Luther King holiday.

Reagan referred to Confederate President Jefferson Davis as a 'hero of mine.'

Federal employment grew by 61,000 under Reagan.
Under Clinton it dropped by 373,000.

[MiniMe]

3. I think you should check your trillions and billions

I think W was the first President to run up $1 trillion in debt.

[immoderate]

4. Nope. Reagan. It was his cold war strategy. Outspend the Russians.

All the lunatic defense systems. The ultimate, though defeated, was a plan to keep missiles on subway cars and move them around the country through secret tunnels, so the enemy would never know where they are. Failing this, Reagan proposed the "dense pack" strategy, even more nuts.

Not sure of the exact figures, but those numbers sound right to me within a trillion.

--imm

[MiniMe]

5. It is probably right for the amount of spending

But I don't think it is right for the National Debt. Congress has been having to raise the debt ceiling for the last few years.

[immoderate]

6. For the last thirty years.

--imm

[dems_rightnow]

10. W was the first to do it in ONE year

But Reagan rang up a couple of trillion during his 8 years.

[madinmaryland]

11. It was reagan that pushed the national debt from 1 to 3 trillion dollars.

W was the first to have a yearly deficit of 1 trillion-plus dollars.

[joeybee12]

7. Oh come on, he wasn't short-sighted...

...he was a worthless, blithering idiot.

[madinmaryland]

12. Sweet talking shit salesman. nt

[moondust]

8. Reagan years = rise of SUVs and the return of big gas-guzzling engines.

After years of 55 mph, smaller engines in smaller cars, turning out the lights when leaving a room, and other conservation measures, Reagan made it okay to be gluttons again.

[mdmc]

9. yes