Administration Quote by Robert Gilpin

The Reagan years really were a bonanza for the rich; you didn't imagine that.

— Timothy Noah

Regan and George W Bush put the United States in more debt than all the other presidents combined.

— Anonymous

“Overall, the “Reagan boom” not only produced widespread prosperity but—along with the attendant Soviet collapse—helped generate budget surpluses in the 1990s. Carter-Ford-era terms like…

— Paul Kengor

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

— Robert Gilpin

In his second term, [Ronald] Reagan completed the work of his first term - the rich got really rich, everything was deregulated, advocacy programs…

— Kate Clinton

Throughout his life, Ronald Reagan believed America is capable of great things and its people could and would lead the way if left unburdened…

— Anonymous

Government actually grew during the Reagan years.

— Noam Chomsky

Examine the legacy that we inherited and what we did. We had boom-and-bust economics and a doubled national debt.

— Tony Blair

President Reagan preached 'trickle down economics' but naively did not reckon on the fact that the wealthy would only care about getting more for…

— Mark Goulston

Largely as a result of the policies and priorities of the Reagan administration, more people are becoming poor and staying poor in this country…

— Bryant Gumbel

The Reagan-Bush years have exalted private gain over public obligation, special interests over the common good, wealth and fame over work and family. The…

— William J. Clinton

Maybe that first, gigantic deficit the Reaganites piled up was an accident, just a combination of deluded 'supply side' tax cuts and a huge…

— Thomas Frank