[Fledermaus]

Yes he did. Just not for very long.

Also, Bush 41's deficits were mostly due to the horrible 1986 tax policy Reagan signed. He traded off a 28% upper tax rate for all kinds of other tax increases (FICA) and bad policy like screwing with profit/loss determinations that devalued real estate and started the S&L slide.

Take out the funny S&L's found as the government had to bail them out, and the majority were the cause of Congress who were forced to honor their backing of deposits.

Reagan was suckered by the likes of Bob Dole on that one and Bush paid the price with very high deficits and later his presidency.

[DoughtyOne]

I believe that the 1982-1988 Congress of the United States failed the American public as much or worse than any other Congress, with the exception of the abdication of their responsibility during the Impreachment process. Of course Congress didn't abdicate all their responsibility. They didn't offer up all the charges they should have, but they at least did send up some articles.

The 1982-1988 Congress did their damndest to nulify anything that Reagan did. That was their main goal. In many regards, they were quite successful.

I can't imagine how much Reagan could have done with at least some people on his side. He fought the USSR, Europe, the UN and Capital Hill. He fought people in his own party who thought he was crazy.

I still believe that Reagan was never meant to be president. I bleieve he was just too charismatic to be stopped, and George Bush the elder had to wait eight long years due to that charisma. Reagan did not play along to get along. I believe he set back globalist plans for ten years.