Reaganomics Quotes

• For those of you who don't understand Reaganomics, it's based on the principle that the rich and the poor will get the same amount of ice. In Reaganomics, however, the poor get all of theirs in winter.

  Mo Udall

  Winter, Ice, Political

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• Government is not a solution to our problem government is the problem.

  Ronald Reagan

  Freedom, Government, Problem

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• The idea behind Reaganomics is this: a rising tide lifts all yachts.

  Walter F. Mondale

  Ideas, Tides, Rising

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• Black Friday, in reality, is a symptom of the plight that 30 years of Reaganomics has brought to working people in America. Right along with the frenzied rise of shoppers willing to fight each other at retail outlets across America, we've been steadily, for the last 30 years, watching the destruction of organized labor ... of decent pay and wages and conditions for working people. ... We have Black Friday today because the wealthy elite have strangled their workers for 32 years, ever since Ronald Reagan's election.

  Thom Hartmann

  Friday, Fighting, Reality

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• In short, the elimination of the financial legacy of Reaganomics could force the United States to make some exceptionally difficult choices indeed.

  Robert Gilpin

  Difficult Choices, United States, Legacy

  Robert Gilpin (2016). “The Political Economy of International Relations”, p.349, Princeton University Press

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• Ronald Reagan came from show business. His idea of how the government should help the homeless was like your agent. "We'll try to get you work. But don't bug us about it."

  Bill Maher

  Funny, Government, Ideas

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• Regarding Ronald Reagan: In point of fact, the image of Ronald Reagan, the man responsible for shaping that decade (the 1980s), should be carved into Mount Rushmore, minted into coins, and emblazoned in a place of honor in every school child's history text as a constant reminder of this great man's contributions to world freedom, national pride, and individual prosperity. With the truth, the term 'Reaganomics' will be used only as a term of endearment and respect.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Children, School, Pride

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• Reaganomics, that makes sense to me. It means if you don't have enough money, it's just because poor people are hoarding it.

  Kevin Rooney

  Funny, Mean, People

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• The president, apparently, was so totally unaware of where his foreign policy was that he had to appoint a distinguished commission to help him locate it, and when the commissioners called him in to testify, he told them, essentially, that he couldn't remember what it looked like. Now, if Richard Nixon had claimed something like that you would at least have had the comfort of knowing he was lying. You could trust Nixon that way. But with this president, you have this nagging feeling that he's telling the truth.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Lying, Knowing

  Dave Barry (1994). “The World According to Dave Barry”, Outlet

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• In the 1980s, we were advised, why don't you follow Reaganomics or Thatcherite economics. We said, yes, there are good points, let's see how we can fit them in the Indian economy. Every country has its own way of moving forward.

  Pranab Mukherjee

  Country, Moving, Way

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• I really haven't seen this many people in one place since they took group photographs of all the criminals and lawbreakers in the Ronald Reagan administration.

  George Carlin

  Funny, People, Criminals

  "What Am I Doing in New Jersey?". Documentary, Comedy, 1988.

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• This is a guy [Steven Lerner] who believes, for example, that Reaganomics or trickle-down economics means, "The rich got rich by stealing from the poor," or stealing from the middle class and making them poor via debt. He has worked with unions in Europe.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Believe, Mean, Europe

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• The Governor has no presidential aspirations. In fact he just made a tour of 43 states just to tell them he's not running for anything.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Running, Presidential

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• The story of the eighties will be the story of the Reagan administration and the many men and women who served in it, some of whom are already out on parole.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Men, Stories

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States”, p.166, Ballantine Books

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• Another foreign-policy triumph for Reagan was his 1984 visit to China, where he met for more than three hours with Mao Zedong before realizing that Mao was dead.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Triumph, Three

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States”, p.170, Ballantine Books

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• The issue we are reluctant to talk about is even more sensitive than condoms. The issue - and I will try to be tasteful here - is that sometimes it seems like maybe the president of the United States is kind of dumb. If you get what I mean. What I mean is, I am not totally confident that the president would get what I mean, unless several aides explained it to him. And even then, he might forget.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Mean, Issues

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• Here's a man who was twice elected to the most powerful position on Earth despite needing a TelePrompTer to correctly identify what year it was.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Powerful, Men

  Dave Barry (1994). “The World According to Dave Barry”, Outlet

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• "Hail to the Chief" was played, and the President got up and made a gracious opening remark. "I've been in this office for six years, and yet every time I hear that music, I turn around wondering who they're playing it for."

  Kirk Douglas

  Funny, Years, Office

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• Did you see where President Reagan finally got a hearing aid? People have been telling him to get one for years, but he couldn't hear them.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Years, People

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• Not that they were that anxious to see Ronnie as President; they were afraid if he didn't get elected, he'd go back to acting.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, President, Acting

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• Ronald Regan doesn't dye his hair - he's just prematurely orange.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Funny, Hair, Orange

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• After the 1984 Summer Olympics, Reagan wanted to add the U.S. volleyball team to his Cabinet. He figured if they can't shove his programs down Congress' throat, nobody can.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Summer, Volleyball

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• Remember how he handled the Iran-contra Never Ending Scandal from Hell? He went on national television, the President of the United States, and said it wasn't his fault, because he was not aware, at the time, of what his foreign policy was.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Iran, President

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Turns Forty”, p.175, Ballantine Books

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• I knew the President would run for reelection in 1984. Why not? Actors love sequels ... and returns.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Running, President

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