It is ironic that the President that laid the foundation for the destruction of the middle class through his institution of supply side economics is voted by the plurality of Americans as the best president in America, besting the likes of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This is likely due to two specific reasons.
The first reason is that most Republican as a block would all consider Ronald Reagan a god and the carrier of the conservative mantra. As such, when reviewing all recent Republican presidents by Republicans, given Nixon, Ford, and the Bushes, he makes the likely pick quite easy. The other reason is the effectiveness of the Right to change history to define Reagan as a bastion of conservatism.
While Reagan was a supply side president that believed in low taxes, low regulations, and policies that benefited mostly the rich because of his inherent belief in trickledown economics, he was a big spender on everything. His economic success can be attributed to irresponsible Keynesian Economics as opposed to Bush 1/Clinton responsible Keynesian economic policies that balanced the budget.
That we can graph the result of Reaganomics versus Middle Class decline versus Upper Class obscene wealth accumulation seem academic to most Americans. Conservative he was not. Middle Class busting he was.
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Americans Say Reagan Is Greatest President, Poll Finds Correspondent
Number 40 is No. 1. Just in time for Presidents Day, Ronald Reagan tops a list of the nation’s greatest chief executives, ahead of Abraham Lincoln, according to a new survey out Friday.
The Gallup Poll puts Reagan, with 19 percent, in the top spot for the third time. Reagan also occupied the position in 2001 and 2005 — and he has been in the top three eight times since Gallup started asking the "greatest president" question 12 years ago.Lincoln garnered 14 percent, followed very closely by Bill Clinton, with 13 percent.
John F. Kennedy, who was on top in 2000 and tied with Lincoln in 2003, came in fourth this year.The country’s first president, George Washington, is fifth on the list.
Gallup said respondents are more likely to mention recent office-holders because "the average American constantly hears about and from presidents in office during their lifetime, and comparatively little about historical presidents long dead."Four of the five most recent presidents are in the top ten this year: Obama (No. 7), George W. Bush (No. 10), Clinton, and Reagan.
