Reagan is the greatest president after Washington and Lincoln. Nixon is should be ahead of Clinton, Kennedy and Obama. Obama should be last.

What? No George W. Bush? I guess it is still to soon to realize his greatness and moral strength of character.

I am glad my by George is in the top five despite his legendary slaving-owning status.

The poll results indicate that Americans have an incredibly poor grasp of American history. That Clinton, Reagan and Kennedy would be listed in the top five is embarrassing, to say the least.

Leave out the “is”. Nixon should be ahead of Clinton, Kennedy and Obama.

Clinton is entirely Media Created.

He inherited the Benefits of Reagan’s tax cuts; succeded in reposturing his policies only because of a GOP Congress; and bastardized regulations to allow for the both the Sept. 11 attack and the sub-prime debacle.

All of this is specific and documented – just not reported!

I’d have to say however that he has done some altruistic work of late.

“my boy George” that is.

same2u said:
What? No George W. Bush? I guess it is still to soon to realize his greatness and moral strength of character. I am glad my by George is in the top five despite his legendary slaving-owning status.

George W Bush owned Slaves????????????????
Damn if I know that!!!!

new dat!!!!

Probably NOT wrong said:
George W Bush owned Slaves????????????????
Damn if I know that!!!!

Oops. Meant the George in my avatar.

two republicans are in the top 2 spots? is hell freezing over right now!

Again, showing that Americans are stupid and have absolutely no perspective on anything.

gordonbloyershow said:
Leave out the “is”. Nixon should be ahead of Clinton, Kennedy and Obama.

Yes, we surely want to elevate our most disgraced President.

They should just dynamite all these old bastards faces off there and turn it into an American Ninja Warriors course. Be sure to have a Blue Angels flyover and a Snooki National Anthem Singalong there to kick things off. They could also set up loud speakers to play Lady Antebellum on continuous loop and sell two for one KFC Double Downs

AMERICA!! F*CK YEAH! COMING AGAIN TO SAVE THE MOTHERF*CKING DAYYYAH!!!

gordonbloyershow said:
Reagan is the greatest president after Washington and Lincoln. Nixon is should be ahead of Clinton, Kennedy and Obama. Obama should be last.

I’d put Carter last. GW first, AL second, TeddyR third, Reagan, fourth & Nixon fifth. Then JFK & Grant [for staying out of the free market's way] & then maybe FDR & Truman. Clinton who didn’t stop 911 should be punished for that & for stopping feminism in its tracks, i do give him lotsa credit…! Polk should be in there, but Jackson was a scofflaw and Jefferson & Adams awful POTUSes.

same2u said:
Oops. Meant the George in my avatar.

George Jefferson was a Slave owner???
Damn if I new dat either!!!

David Mangan said:
I’d put Carter last. GW first, AL second, TeddyR third, Reagan, fourth & Nixon fifth. Then JFK & Grant [for staying out of the free market's way] & then maybe FDR & Truman. Clinton who didn’t stop 911 should be punished for that & for stopping feminism in its tracks, i do give him lotsa credit…! Polk should be in there, but Jackson was a scofflaw and Jefferson & Adams awful POTUSes.

Four Republicans and a Federalist [who freed his slaves, [unlike preachy hypocrite Jefferson, a concoction of the Dem agitprop machine in the 1920s]. Grant was a lot better than his historical rep & JFK was inspirational, so give the dude a break, even though he was a fantastic swordsman in the sack. To Err was Truman, but despite his awful domestic gaffes, he did stop them commies—but Dean Acheson got us into the Korean War by a stupid oversight, so HST does have to account for his zany cabinet.

Just finished George Washington’s best biography, by Ron Chernow, which even the semi-sane Rik Hertzberg of The New Yorker said was unputdownable. Best bio of an American president I’ve read out of about fifty.

im_lovin_it said:
They should just dynamite all these old bastards faces off there and turn it into an American Ninja Warriors course. Be sure to have a Blue Angels flyover and a Snooki National Anthem Singalong there to kick things off. They could also set up loud speakers to play Lady Antebellum on continuous loop and sell two for one KFC Double Downs AMERICA!! F*CK YEAH! COMING AGAIN TO SAVE THE MOTHERF*CKING DAYYYAH!!!

Why don’t you just go take some meds and calm down. On 2nd thought you probably have had to much already!

Carter and Obama the very worse!

LOL! Reagan raised taxes 9 times……count them:

1982 – Reagan signed into law not one but two major tax increases.
(1) The Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act raised taxes by $37.5 billion per year -
— This raised taxes by almost 1% of the GDP, making it the largest peacetime tax increase in American history. An increase of similar magnitude today would raise more than $100 billion per year.

(2) Highway Revenue Act of 1982 raised the gasoline tax by another $3.3 billion.

1983: Reagan’s Social Security Tax Increase
(3) Reagan signed legislation which INCREASED PAYROLL TAX for Social Security.
(4) Reagan increased Payroll taxes AGAIN with Medicare health insurance.
Both taxes are still here today.

(5) 1984: Reagan’s Deficit Reduction Act of 1984.
Reagan raised taxes by $18 billion per year or 0.4 percent of GDP.
— A similar sized tax increase today would be about $44 billion.

(6) 1985: Reagan raised taxes with his Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985

(7) 1986: Reagan’s Tax Reform Act of 1986, contained a net tax increase in its first two years.

(8) 1987 Reagan’s Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 raised taxes still more.

(9) By 1988 – Reagan’s INCREASE in payroll tax share was up to 11.8 percent, and burden for Middle Class was UP … UP … NOT DOWN .. UP

Why is that Reagonites are so ignorant as to what he actually did as President?

How long did it take GOPer Patron Saint Reagan to reduce the unemployment rate to below 8%? Let’s examine the hard numers.

1/1981 – unemployment rate 7.5% …. Reagan sworn in.
1/1981 – 7.4%
3/1981 – 7.4%
4/1981 – 7.2%
5/1981 – 7.5%
6/1981 – 7.5%
7/1981 – 7.2%
8/1981 – 7.4% * Reagan CUTS taxes for top 1% & said unemployment would DROP to 6.9%
9/1981 – 7.6%
10/1981 – 7.9%
11/1981 – 8.3%
12/1981 – 8.5%

1/1982 – 8.6%
2/1982 – 8.9%
3/1982 – 9.0%
4/1982 – 9.3%
5/1982 – 9.4%
6/1982 – 9.6%
7/1982 – 9.8%
8/1982 – 9.8%
9/1982 – 10.1%
10/1982 – 10.4%
11/1982 – 10.8%
12/1982 – 10.8%

1/1983 – 10.4%
2/1983 – 10.4%
3/1983 – 10.3%
4/1983 – 10.3%
5/1983 – 10.1%
6/1983 – 10.1%
7/1983 – 9.4%
6/1983 – 9.5%
7/1983 – 9.4%
8/1983 – 9.5%
9/1983 – 9.2%
10/1983 – 8.8%
11/1983 – 8.5%
12/1983 – 8.3%

1/1984 – 8.0%
2/1984 – 7.8%

Took Reagan 28 MONTHS to get unemployment rate back down below 8%.

***Stock Market C R A S H E D in 1987.

***Left office with record deficit

Can’t deny these numbers. They are recorded in history.

Oh, wait there is more:

Reagan insider: ‘GOP destroyed U.S. economy’

ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) — “How my G.O.P. destroyed the U.S. economy.” Yes, that is exactly what David Stockman, President Ronald Reagan’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, wrote in a recent New York Times op-ed piece, “Four Deformations of the Apocalypse.”

Sunday, February 6, 2011
David Stockman (Reagan’s 1st budget director) on Bank Deregulation (Part of Reagan Centennial hoopla)
Worth quoting, from an interview at:
http://www.salon.com/news/the_real_reagan/index.html?story=/opinion/walsh/politics/2011/02/04/reagan_war_on_poverty

What do you think about the thesis that the deregulatory impulses that received such a huge boost under Reagan contributed to Wall Street’s recklessness … and laid the groundwork for the financial crisis?
“The only thing that was seriously deregulated during the Reagan era was banks, and that was the wrong thing to deregulate. Surface transport deregulation was started by Carter and we finished it, airline deregulation was already done by the time we came in. And those were the right things to do. But in the case of financial institutions, banks are not free enterprise businesses, they are wards of states, they have the right to create money out of thin air. They have to be regulated, and they have to be kept out of the speculative use of deposits that are guaranteed by the taxpayer, by the FDIC. And in the ’90s, the Clinton administration joined in on this, with the elimination of Glass-Steagall and all of the other remaining restraints on the banking system. That was a tragic, terrible error; it was a confusion of the free market with a set of institutions that are inherently dangerous. And as a result of bad monetary policy interacting with the deregulation of depository banking you created a witches’ brew that ended up predictably in the meltdown of 2008.”

Yes, keep worshipping Ronny! I think he had Alzheimers as I recall. He seemed not all there.

Whats with these people stating George W. Bush is one of our, US greatest presidents. GWB lead us into a war on at best faulty pretenses, at worse, and most likely lies. Bought on the rights, freedom blocking USPATRIOT Act. The Terrorists destroyed lives, buildings. Bush destroyed our freedoms Plus his budget cuts severely hurt the most vulnerable in our society, the elderly, children, poor, disabled etc. Speaking of which, it was Reagan who first started slashing the budgets on the backs of the most vulnerable. Lastly I find it interesting both a Republican Lincoln and Clinton a Democrat were chosen. OTOH Lincoln was way before the Goldwater etc ultraconservative right wing Republicans.

Publius219 said:
Yes, we surely want to elevate our most disgraced President.

I agree. I can’t believe they gave Clinton the number three spot. ;)

@ Troll

Hey watch out… Royal doesn’t appreciate people disrespecting dead politicians.

I’m sure his outrage will be made known any minute now…

NORBIT Jr. said:
Clinton is entirely Media Created.

He inherited the Benefits of Reagan’s tax cuts; succeded in reposturing his policies only because of a GOP Congress; and bastardized regulations to allow for the both the Sept. 11 attack and the sub-prime debacle.

All of this is specific and documented – just not reported!

I’d have to say however that he has done some altruistic work of late.

Yep. Clinton’s STILL trying to create a legacy larger than “Liar-In’Chief” and “Commander-In-Negligence.”

That’s a rather daunting task when he has to also carry the notoriety of having provided No. Korea their nuclear weapons program and sold our missile guidance systems to China for campaign cash. But then they don’t call him “Slick” for nothing.

That bring the question to mind: Is Clinton THAT slick?…………………..OR are Liberals really such hopeless SUCKERS?

Davo said:
Yep. Clinton’s STILL trying to create a legacy larger than “Liar-In’Chief” and “Commander-In-Negligence.” That’s a rather daunting task when he has to also carry the notoriety of having provided No. Korea their nuclear weapons program and sold our missile guidance systems to China for campaign cash. But then they don’t call him “Slick” for nothing. That bring the question to mind: Is Clinton THAT slick?…………………..OR are Liberals really such hopeless SUCKERS?

Remember, he has a corrupt Media behind him.

Don’t forget his gutting financial regulations, which eventually lead to the sub-prime meltdown.
btw, Raines & Gorelick made 10′s of millions from Fannie from those changes.

Democrats – Corruption Personified.

Clinton only ranked high due to the recent president bias. In reality he was a mediocre president at best who ranks roughly the same as W overall. There are a lot of great Presidents who are sadly forgotten over time: Eisenhower, Coolidge, and Jefferson were all great men who deserve recognition.

gordonbloyershow said:
Leave out the “is”. Nixon should be ahead of Clinton, Kennedy and Obama.

Sheesh, glad you cleared that up

I have this feeling most Americans couldn’t name the four presidents on Mount Rushmore.

It just goes to show what “RACIST” people we are not voting for BHO.

Come to think about it, we are half racist, because BHO is half white afterall.

Reagan? Oh, but this is Gallup folks, cannot be trusted. What did you do, poll only some inbred, Banjo-picking Southerners who don’t have the brains to realize what the evil shit Reagan actually DID in office? LOL

Typical. No wonder the world laughs at the U.S.

Davo says:
February 19, 2011 at 4:11 pm Davo(Quote)
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NORBIT Jr. said:
Clinton is entirely Media Created.

He inherited the Benefits of Reagan’s tax cuts; succeded in reposturing his policies only because of a GOP Congress; and bastardized regulations to allow for the both the Sept. 11 attack and the sub-prime debacle.

All of this is specific and documented – just not reported!

I’d have to say however that he has done some altruistic work of late.

Yep. Clinton’s STILL trying to create a legacy larger than “Liar-In’Chief” and “Commander-In-Negligence.”

That’s a rather daunting task when he has to also carry the notoriety of having provided No. Korea their nuclear weapons program and sold our missile guidance systems to China for campaign cash. But then they don’t call him “Slick” for nothing.

That bring the question to mind: Is Clinton THAT slick?…………………..OR are Liberals really such hopeless SUCKERS?

You know who is HATED around the world, REAGAN, because he was a shitty President. That worthless idiot ruined the economy, murdered thousands of innocent human being, and was one braindead IDIOT to boot.

Clinton cleaned up that shithead Reagan’s messes. Funny thing about Reagan’s supporters though, they went along with Reagan and his cronies getting rich at their supporters’ expense.

It’s kind of funny how his deluded and foolish supporters voted for policies that harmed their own children and grandchildren. You failed your OWN, conservatives! LOL

RowdyHoward says:
February 19, 2011 at 10:48 pm RowdyHoward(Quote)
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gordonbloyershow said:
Leave out the “is”. Nixon should be ahead of Clinton, Kennedy and Obama.

Sheesh, glad you cleared that up

That evil moron Reagan shouldn’t even be on the list. He was a simple-minded coward and idiot. Truly, nobody with any intelligence or humanity ever liked the asshole.

gordonbloyershow says:
February 19, 2011 at 11:57 am gordonbloyershow(Quote)
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Reagan is the greatest president after Washington and Lincoln. Nixon is should be ahead of Clinton, Kennedy and Obama. Obama should be last.

I wonder whom Nancy Reagan sucked off at Gallup for this. What a joke.

Biscuit said:
Typical. No wonder the world laughs at the U.S.

The world does not laugh at us. Remember they will break laws to get into the US.

As a matter of fact I would trade 5 Illegal Mexicans for you Biscuit. I know, it is kind of unfair to the Mexican Government, but a deal is a deal.

gordonbloyershow said:
Reagan is the greatest president after Washington and Lincoln. Nixon is should be ahead of Clinton, Kennedy and Obama. Obama should be last.

First, what are the criteria?

It is very difficult for any one-term president to achieve greatness — not either of the Adamses, nor Polk, nor Kennedy. It is reelection that puts a stamp of contemporary approval on a president, that being an essential element of historical greatness. I think Lincoln would not be held in such high repute if he had lost the 1864 election.

Theodore Roosevelt and Calvin Coolidge both served a sufficient period of time after succeeding to the presidency, following the deaths of their predecessors. to put their own mark on those administrations. Lyndon Johnson did not — he did nothing of note before his own election in 1964.

Second criteria: did a president accomplish what he set out to do, and/or what the electorate expected him to do? Washington did, as did Monroe, Jackson, and Polk to a great degree. Lincoln, obviously, but probably not Grant as I don’t think he had a clear agenda. I think Teddy Roosevelt knew what he wanted to do, but his cousin Franklin did not; FDR seemed to be making it up as he went along. Wilson may have known what he wanted to do, but the voters were disappointed.

With Truman and Eisenhower, what you saw is what you got, though Truman certainly accomplished more than anyone expected. Clinton was the opposite of Truman — his accomplishments were surprisingly puny (midnight basketball, anyone?). Some point to a balanced budget, the first in 25+ years if I’m not mistaken, but the Republican Congress had to drag Clinton kicking and screaming to sign the legislation cutting spending. Others point to the dot-com bubble and too-deep cuts to the military, which led to an over-reliance on the National Guard instead of the regular Army in Iraq and Afghanistan.

With George W Bush, circumstances largely prevented him from seriously addressing the main issues of his first campaign, such as entitlement reform. And the leadership of his own party in Congress was extraordinarily weak. On the other hand, like Truman he served during an unpopular war; so it is too soon to give GWB even a provisional grade, since we don’t know how this war will turn out. (The early signs are promising.)

Ronald Reagan did nearly all that he set out to do, and did it better than even his supporters thought possible. He won two landslide elections and could have won a third. He may have been divisive, but then so was Andrew Jackson, so was James K Polk, so was Abraham Lincoln, so were Wilson and FDR and Truman.

In my opinion, Ronald Reagan deserves to be considered one of our great presidents. He was a man of substance and accomplishment, and was well regarded by the voters of his day.

Obviously many of those taking the poll failed to take into account the presidential oath “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” That is where the conversation should begin and end. If it does, you wouldn’t find so many party sheep blindly supporting their party heroes.

ManFromNowhere said:
There are a lot of great Presidents who are sadly forgotten over time: Eisenhower, Coolidge, and Jefferson were all great men who deserve recognition.

Jefferson was a terrible president — buying the Louisiana Purchase, then sending Lewis and Clarke to explore it, is about the only good thing he did in eight years. Or actually six, since he turned over the day-to-day operations to Madison halfway through the second term, because everything he had touched turned to crap. TJ was not only a bad president, but he was actually aware of this at the time!

Our greatest presidents should embody the spirit of the Constitution they swore to uphold, serving ALL the people, not just the rich, in domestic affairs, and being a beacon to the rest of the world (no empire builders, saber rattlers, or wannabee cowboys allowed). The other criteria of being the greatest comes from their actions based on historical context – how our presidents addressed the critical issues of their times, regardless of their popularity.

Based on this, I would propose the following top 5 (in chronological order):

1) George Washington – defined the role of president as neither a king nor an active general. That alone insured that our democracy would never be threatened by would-be dictators or military coups.

2) Abraham Lincoln – regardless of opinions over his motivations, his actions to maintain the Union and end slavery were the basis for creating a true government of, by and for ALL the people, and insured that the Constitution is greater than the material desires of any one group.

3) Teddy Roosevelt – responding to the obvious damage done by the robber barons, TR was a true visionary who wanted to save the capitalist system from itself, taking steps to restrict monopolies, regulate the free market, empower the labor movement, and protect our environment.

4) Franklin Delano Roosevelt – responding to the ravages of the Great Depression, FDR’s New Deal created the social net that has protected the most vulnerable people in our society, children, the elderly and the sick for the last 75 years. Many great men have said that the test of a society is how it treats its weakest members, and FDR did this while at the same time fighting the greatest external threat to democracy in our nation’s history.

5) Eisenhower – his experience as the supreme commander of the allied forces in Europe during WWII taught him two huge lessons that helped his country become the leader of the free world. First, he knew how well every soldier fought, regardless of race. This was the spark that led to the beginnings of integration.Using his power, he pushed through the first great Civil Rights legislation since Lincoln to work toward this goal. Second, he understood the horror and true cost of war. He set up the template for dealing with the threat of the U.S.S.R., without causing a nuclear war.

I’m sure many people will find the choice of Eisenhower a surprise, but consider this. Eisenhower served during the high point of American affluence at home and power abroad. He had no problem with the rights of labor unions or high tax rates, while still being a member of the party of business. At yet, at height of his popularity and American prestige, he chose to pursue difficult agenda to end segregation and to negotiate with the Soviets.

Finally, his position as one of our greatest presidents is in the truth of his words, which are now respected by the other side of the aisle. During the 2004 presidential election, Ralph Nader supported much of his platform by quoting Eisenhower. What is the likelihood of Republicans quoting any Democrat, or Democrats quoting our more recent Republican presidents?

So this poll was for white wealthy men over the age of 55 only?

Bill Clinton is the most OVERRATED president since FDR.

Consider 3 things:
(1) He took over at the end of a mild recession and hopped onboard with a big upward economic push.
(2) The Republicans won congress in 2 years (sound familiar) and kept him from doing stupid things.
(3) That “internet” thing was invented. It was the largest job creator since the automobile.

Fact is: Homer Simpson could have been a good president during the 90′s.

Oh yeah, I haven’t even mentioned his disgusting personal life. Pig Vomit!

Stupid Libs! Reagan sent us to the Moon while Clinton lost Vietnam on his watch! When Reagan dropped the tax rate down to zero and proved deficits didn’t matter, he made your commie heads explode! Stupid Libs with your elitist universities and dum ass book learning! I never went to school past 10th grade and Rush once took my call – Did your stoopid diploma get you on Rush’s show? I didn’t think so, because YOU ARE ALL LIB IDIOTS, HIDING BEHIND FAKE NAMES! LOL!!!!

BruinAlum77 said:
Finally, his position as one of our greatest presidents is in the truth of his words, which are now respected by the other side of the aisle. During the 2004 presidential election, Ralph Nader supported much of his platform by quoting Eisenhower. What is the likelihood of Republicans quoting any Democrat, or Democrats quoting our more recent Republican presidents?

Bruin Alum,

Good points on Ike — The interesting point about the shift in where the parties stake out their turf: In most aspects of foreign and domestic policy, Ike would be considered a liberal today – He was largely supportive of organized labor, he backed a progressive income tax, he was very cautious about committing troops into quagmires like Vietnam or triggering a nuclear apocalypse, and, of course, he warned about the growing power and influence of the Military/Industrial Complex. For his standing, and in spite of being a republican, he was vilified by the Birchers and called a “commie sympathizer” by the wacky right.

If he were to be on the scene today, he would be likewise attacked by the new Birchers of the Tea Party and Glenn Bleck zombies. I think if he were to again run for president, you’d see some fascinating rewriting of his history by Fox and Swift Boaters, that, after 18 months of continuous play, would have 20-30 % of the population questioning whether he actually was the supreme allied commander in the European Theater, or if he actually was a deserter, Nazi spy, and perhaps, having been to North Africa, a Muslim sleeper agent.

Angstone said:
If he were to be on the scene today, he would be likewise attacked by the new Birchers of the Tea Party and Glenn Bleck zombies. I think if he were to again run for president, you’d see some fascinating rewriting of his history by Fox and Swift Boaters, that, after 18 months of continuous play, would have 20-30 % of the population questioning whether he actually was the supreme allied commander in the European Theater, or if he actually was a deserter, Nazi spy, and perhaps, having been to North Africa, a Muslim sleeper agent.

Stupid Lib Moron! Eisenhower wasn’t the supreme allied commander in WWII, Reagan was! Maybe you should read your Texas 7th and 11th grade history books a little more closely. Because YOU ARE AN IDIOT! LOL!!

Lincoln was a tyrant, he imprisoned more than 1,500 people for free speech. If some Americans think he was a great president then they don’t know much about their own history.

http://libertarians4freedom.blogspot.com/2011/02/columbia-university-students-hate.html

David Mangan said:
I’d put Carter last. GW first, AL second, TeddyR third, Reagan, fourth & Nixon fifth. Then JFK & Grant [for staying out of the free market's way] & then maybe FDR & Truman. Clinton who didn’t stop 911 should be punished for that & for stopping feminism in its tracks, i do give him lotsa credit…! Polk should be in there, but Jackson was a scofflaw and Jefferson & Adams awful POTUSes.

Only a dumb conservative can put a POTUS who was FORCED out of his office in the top 5 as greatest Presidents ever. Nothing more needs to be said after that circus like analysis.

TrollJuice said:
LOL! Reagan raised taxes 9 times……count them:

1982 – Reagan signed into law not one but two major tax increases.
(1) The Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act raised taxes by $37.5 billion per year -
— This raised taxes by almost 1% of the GDP, making it the largest peacetime tax increase in American history. An increase of similar magnitude today would raise more than $100 billion per year.

(2) Highway Revenue Act of 1982 raised the gasoline tax by another $3.3 billion.

1983: Reagan’s Social Security Tax Increase
(3) Reagan signed legislation which INCREASED PAYROLL TAX for Social Security.
(4) Reagan increased Payroll taxes AGAIN with Medicare health insurance.
Both taxes are still here today.

(5) 1984: Reagan’s Deficit Reduction Act of 1984.
Reagan raised taxes by $18 billion per year or 0.4 percent of GDP.
— A similar sized tax increase today would be about $44 billion.

(6) 1985: Reagan raised taxes with his Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985

(7) 1986: Reagan’s Tax Reform Act of 1986, contained a net tax increase in its first two years.

(8) 1987 Reagan’s Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 raised taxes still more.

(9) By 1988 – Reagan’s INCREASE in payroll tax share was up to 11.8 percent, and burden for Middle Class was UP … UP … NOT DOWN .. UP

Yes. Reagan signed tax raising bills both as President (USA) and Gov. of California.
http://www.frumforum.com/bartlett-dont-forget-about-reagans-tax-increases

Abraham Lincoln was the greatest POTUS! He’s always ranked number one! Reagan only ranked 1st this year due to the centennial celebration of his birth.

Reagan years. US national debt almost tripled.