Thursday 22 October 2009
the great myths of ronaldus magnus ☀
Can you imagine how the right-wing noise machine would react if President Obama:
- Increased federal spending as a percentage of the economy to levels previously seen only during World War II.
- Tripled the national debt.
- Dramatically increased Social Security payroll taxes on employees and employers.
- Increased the capital gains tax to 28%.
- Raised gas taxes.
- Increased federal government employment.
- Created a massive new cabinet department.
- Sold arms to Iran.
- Withdrew entirely from a Middle Eastern war zone in response to a single deadly terrorist attack against US troops.
- Funded terrorist groups in our own hemisphere.
- Signed a treaty committing to make deep cuts in our strategic nuclear weapons.
- Proposed the total elimination of nuclear weapons.
I’m sure there would not be enough tea in India to express the wingnut outrage.
And what if the most expensive federal office building in history was subsequently named after him? I’m sure it would be mocked as a fitting legacy to this “big government” president.The president I’m describing is, of course, Ronald Reagan.
