Michael Kinsley; the original “pencil-necked geek”.
The thing that purely terrifies the liars about RR is not his record. Rather it is that he so easily displaced the doom and gloom that they had successfully implanted into the minds of many Americans. He LED this nation.
The Reagan years were heady and hopeful. Businesses were starting up, ideas were brewing, people were spending money like crazy on ..things their hearts desired. But, as ever, there was the looming fear of the ever-growing socialist government that blocked out the sun, like Tip O’Neil’s shadow.
Let Michael Kinsley debate these federal government facts.
I think these federal government numbers support those two facts and the other facts in the article about the Reagan Administration.
GDP data ref: BEA glossary
GDP 1929 - 2014 Current-Dollar and "Real" Gross Domestic Product (Seasonally adjusted annual rates)
Annual | ||
---|---|---|
GDP in billions of current dollars |
GDP in billions of chained 2009 dollars |
|
1980 | 2,862.5 | 6,450.4 |
1981 | 3,211.0 | 6,617.7 |
1982 | 3,345.0 | 6,491.3 |
1983 | 3,638.1 | 6,792.0 |
1984 | 4,040.7 | 7,285.0 |
1985 | 4,346.7 | 7,593.8 |
1986 | 4,590.2 | 7,860.5 |
1987 | 4,870.2 | 8,132.6 |
1988 | 5,252.6 | 8,474.5 |
1989 | 5,657.7 | 8,786.4 |
1990 | 5,979.6 | 8,955.0 |
1991 | 6,174.0 | 8,948.4 |
1992 | 6,539.3 | 9,266.6 |
1993 | 6,878.7 | 9,521.0 |
1994 | 7,308.8 | 9,905.4 |
1995 | 7,664.1 | 10,174.8 |
1996 | 8,100.2 | 10,561.0 |
1997 | 8,608.5 | 11,034.9 |
1998 | 9,089.2 | 11,525.9 |
1999 | 9,660.6 | 12,065.9 |
2000 | 10,284.8 | 12,559.7 |
2001 | 10,621.8 | 12,682.2 |
2002 | 10,977.5 | 12,908.8 |
2003 | 11,510.7 | 13,271.1 |
2004 | 12,274.9 | 13,773.5 |
2005 | 13,093.7 | 14,234.2 |
2006 | 13,855.9 | 14,613.8 |
2007 | 14,477.6 | 14,873.7 |
2008 | 14,718.6 | 14,830.4 |
2009 | 14,418.7 | 14,418.7 |
2010 | 14,964.4 | 14,783.8 |
2011 | 15,517.9 | 15,020.6 |
2012 | 16,163.2 | 15,369.2 |
2013 | 16,768.1 | 15,710.3 |
See below for table information.
Column headings
N = not available.Some columns are omitted to fit desired columns on a PC screen. The additional columns are explained below.
Year | 3. | 4. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 13. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1948 | 60840 | 58.8 | 56.6 | N | N | N |
1949 | 62032 | 59.4 | 55.3 | N | N | N |
1950 | 62260 | 59.2 | 56.8 | N | N | N |
1951 | 62225 | 59.4 | 57.4 | N | N | N |
1952 | 62362 | 59.0 | 57.3 | N | N | N |
1953 | 62870 | 58.5 | 56.3 | N | N | N |
1954 | 63668 | 58.5 | 55.4 | N | N | N |
1955 | 66100 | 60.0 | 57.5 | N | N | N |
1956 | 66635 | 59.8 | 57.3 | N | N | N |
1957 | 67197 | 59.5 | 56.6 | N | N | N |
1958 | 67814 | 59.3 | 55.6 | N | N | N |
1959 | 68783 | 59.3 | 56.0 | N | N | N |
1960 | 70239 | 59.6 | 55.9 | N | N | N |
1961 | 70314 | 59.0 | 55.3 | N | N | N |
1962 | 70881 | 58.6 | 55.3 | N | N | N |
1963 | 72298 | 58.7 | 55.4 | N | N | N |
1964 | 73353 | 58.5 | 55.6 | N | N | N |
1965 | 74908 | 58.9 | 56.5 | N | N | N |
1966 | 76483 | 59.5 | 57.3 | N | N | N |
1967 | 78292 | 59.9 | 57.5 | N | N | N |
1968 | 79195 | 59.6 | 57.6 | 65503 | 10906 | N |
1969 | 81506 | 60.3 | 58.1 | 66929 | 11645 | N |
1970 | 83498 | 60.4 | 56.9 | 66654 | 11977 | N |
1971 | 85318 | 60.3 | 56.7 | 67622 | 12588 | N |
1972 | 87675 | 60.4 | 57.2 | 70115 | 12922 | N |
1973 | 90579 | 61.1 | 58.2 | 72560 | 13730 | N |
1974 | 92688 | 61.3 | 57.2 | 72825 | 13815 | N |
1975 | 94309 | 61.1 | 56.0 | 72269 | 14218 | 60028 |
1976 | 97102 | 61.8 | 57.0 | 74532 | 15037 | 60120 |
1977 | 100294 | 62.6 | 58.5 | 77922 | 15763 | 59846 |
1978 | 103484 | 63.5 | 59.7 | 81416 | 16046 | 59541 |
1979 | 105923 | 63.8 | 60.0 | 83345 | 16389 | 60131 |
1980 | 107442 | 63.7 | 59.0 | 82648 | 16843 | 61252 |
1981 | 109057 | 63.8 | 58.5 | 82799 | 17262 | 61933 |
1982 | 110959 | 64.1 | 57.3 | 80606 | 18409 | 62087 |
1983 | 112160 | 64.1 | 58.6 | 83997 | 18556 | 62790 |
1984 | 114257 | 64.5 | 59.8 | 87458 | 18487 | 62876 |
1985 | 116211 | 64.9 | 60.4 | 89259 | 18778 | 62730 |
1986 | 118587 | 65.4 | 60.9 | 91297 | 19194 | 62778 |
1987 | 120593 | 65.7 | 61.9 | 93914 | 19660 | 62874 |
1988 | 122488 | 66.1 | 62.6 | 95927 | 20053 | 62765 |
1989 | 124448 | 66.5 | 63.0 | 98015 | 19823 | 62570 |
1990 | 126069 | 66.4 | 62.3 | 98285 | 20123 | 63797 |
1991 | 126669 | 66.1 | 61.4 | 96973 | 20692 | 64982 |
1992 | 128340 | 66.3 | 61.4 | 97949 | 20891 | 65276 |
1993 | 129742 | 66.3 | 61.9 | 99952 | 21282 | 65879 |
1994 | 131862 | 66.7 | 63.0 | 101003 | 23465 | 65739 |
1995 | 132614 | 66.5 | 62.8 | 102217 | 23064 | 66738 |
1996 | 135014 | 67.0 | 63.5 | 104753 | 23152 | 66444 |
1997 | 136916 | 67.1 | 64.0 | 107293 | 23293 | 67019 |
1998 | 138431 | 67.2 | 64.2 | 109129 | 23264 | 67666 |
1999 | 139991 | 67.1 | 64.4 | 111415 | 23010 | 68669 |
2000 | 142944 | 66.9 | 64.3 | 114163 | 23340 | 70616 |
2001 | 144210 | 66.7 | 63.0 | 112610 | 23694 | 71901 |
2002 | 145140 | 66.4 | 62.5 | 112942 | 23755 | 73403 |
2003 | 146815 | 66.1 | 62.2 | 113947 | 24346 | 75461 |
2004 | 148005 | 66.0 | 62.4 | 115204 | 24846 | 76413 |
2005 | 150032 | 66.0 | 62.8 | 117753 | 24888 | 77164 |
2006 | 152393 | 66.3 | 63.3 | 120658 | 24989 | 77503 |
2007 | 153645 | 66.0 | 62.8 | 121621 | 24727 | 79291 |
2008 | 154723 | 65.9 | 61.4 | 118281 | 25836 | 80102 |
2009 | 153591 | 64.9 | 58.4 | 110906 | 27423 | 83148 |
2010 | 153799 | 64.4 | 58.3 | 111653 | 27443 | 84913 |
2011 | 153980 | 64.0 | 58.5 | 113268 | 27346 | 86452 |
2012 | 155424 | 63.7 | 58.7 | 115616 | 27664 | 88745 |
2013 | 154949 | 62.8 | 58.5 | 116845 | 27348 | 91616 |
2014 | 155948(III) | 62.8(III) | 59.0(III) | 118797(III) | 27724(III) | 92285(III) |
pop. |
---|
146630 |
149190 |
152270 |
154880 |
157550 |
160180 |
163030 |
165930 |
168900 |
171980 |
174880 |
177830 |
180670 |
183690 |
186540 |
189240 |
191890 |
194300 |
196560 |
198710 |
200710 |
202680 |
205050 |
207660 |
209900 |
211910 |
213850 |
215970 |
218040 |
220240 |
222580 |
225060 |
227220 |
229470 |
231660 |
233790 |
235820 |
237920 |
240130 |
242290 |
244500 |
246820 |
249620 |
252980 |
256510 |
259920 |
263130 |
266280 |
269390 |
272650 |
275850 |
279040 |
282160 |
284970 |
287630 |
290110 |
292810 |
295520 |
298380 |
301230 |
304090 |
306770 |
309330 |
311590 |
313910 |
316160 |
319470 |
one* | two** | three*** |
---|---|---|
N | N | N |
N | N | N |
N | N | N |
N | N | N |
N | N | N |
N | N | N |
N | N | N |
N | N | N |
N | N | N |
N | N | N |
N | N | N |
N | N | N |
N | N | N |
N | N | N |
N | N | N |
N | N | N |
N | N | N |
N | N | N |
N | N | N |
N | N | 43,558 |
N | N | 45,435 |
N | N | 47,124 |
N | N | 46,759 |
N | N | 46,304 |
N | N | 48,287 |
N | N | 49,262 |
N | N | 47,702 |
N | N | 46,453 |
N | N | 47,224 |
N | N | 47,523 |
N | N | 49,362 |
N | N | 49,225 |
N | N | 47,668 |
N | N | 46,877 |
N | N | 46,751 |
N | N | 46,425 |
N | N | 47,866 |
N | N | 48,761 |
N | N | 50,488 |
N | N | 51,121 |
N | N | 51,514 |
N | N | 52,432 |
N | N | 51,735 |
N | N | 50,249 |
N | N | 49,836 |
N | N | 49,594 |
N | N | 50,148 |
N | N | 51,719 |
N | N | 52,471 |
N | N | 53,551 |
N | N | 55,497 |
N | N | 56,895 |
N | N | 56,800 |
N | N | 55,562 |
N | N | 54,913 |
N | N | 54,865 |
N | N | 54,674 |
N | N | 55,278 |
N | N | 55,689 |
123524 | 22810 | 56,436 |
121211 | 22138 | 54,423 |
116663 | 21290 | 54,059 |
117006 | 22153 | 52,646 |
118033 | 22647 | 51,842 |
119844 | 23216 | 51,759 |
120636 | 23787 | 51,939 |
122558 | 25108 | N |
labor | labor | median |
force | force | income |
domestic | foreign | |
born | born | |
[1000s] | [1000s] |
Recession (qtr) |
---|
November 1948(IV) to |
October 1949(IV) |
- |
- |
- |
July 1953(II) to |
May 1954(II) |
- |
- |
August 1957(III) to |
April 1958(II) |
- |
April 1960(II) to |
February 1961(I) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
December 1969(IV) to |
November 1970(IV) |
- |
- |
November 1973(IV) |
to |
March 1975(I) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
January(I) to July 1980(III) |
July 1981(III) to |
November 1982(IV) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
July 1990(III) to |
March 1991(I) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
March(I) to November 2001 (IV) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
December 2007 (IV) |
to |
June 2009 (II) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
*,**One & Two: Source: to find the tables go here Data Retrieval: Labor Force Statistics (CPS)
HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Employment status of the civilian population by nativity and sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status and nativity. Then
Scroll down to "Retrieve Data"
The data that I include above are from the month of December except for 2014 where November is the last month with data available.
***Three: For the Census Bureau income data go here. Choose "Consumer Income Reports (P60)" then choose "P60-249 Income and Poverty in the United States: 2013" (pdf file).
Table Information |
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I've combined several tables into one. Most of the tables were obtained here: go to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Labor Force Statisics from the Current Population Survey (CPS). Make your selections. I chose quarterly data. I took the fourth quarter data from each table and combined them into the main part of the table above. For the year 2014 I took the third quarter data and marked the data with (III). |
pop. Population data |
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Go hereU.S. population and US Census clock, Dec 22, 2014 319.47 million |
Employment-population ratio |
---|
Employment-population ratio defined in BLS art4full.pdf file. |
Civilian labor force participation rate |
---|
Civilian labor force participation rate defined in BLS art4full.pdf file. |
Unemployment rate |
---|
Unemployment rate of the full-time labor force defined in BLS art4full.pdf file. |
Recession |
---|
CENSUS BUREAU, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS SOURCES |
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. Cambridge MA 02138 US Business Cycle Expansions and ContractionsLink from BLS SPOTLIGHT ON STATISTICS THE RECESSION OF 2007 2009 |
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Footnotes
N Not available.
Z Represents or rounds to zero.
I remember those times well, everything Limbaugh says is true. Reagan was one of a handful of exceptional presidents, he genuinely brought the US back from the brink, and started an economic boom, stable peace, and a cultural renewal of close to 25 years.
I liked how RR would not let the obstacles like Democrats, naysayers and the media get in his way. He would just move ahead with what he knew would work and would always be upbeat and it did work. He would talk to the American people and we would support him. The thing about todays Republicans is they want power and to spend money in the way they want and do not trust the American with our own money. Sounds like Democrats and not Republicans. Republicans need to know that you are hated by the left and no matter what you do and how you act that will always be the case. Just do what is right and the rest will take care of itself.
I will, grudgingly, give the Carter Administration credit for two things:
1. A modest turnaround in defense spending as a share of GDP, after ten years of decline in the Nixon-Ford years:
http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/defense_spending
2. Deregulation of the transportation (airline, trucking, and rail) industry:
http://reason.com/blog/2010/11/09/3-cheers-for-jimmy-carter-the
Forget the “blame Bush” crowd, plenty of worthless pieces of pond scam are still blaming Reagan.