Ronald Reagan raised taxes REPEATEDLY

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12. Lay it out? The president doesn't cut or create taxes.

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You know it, I know it. At best, he can sign or reject something that's been through congress. Raygun wanted massive increases in defense spending. The Democrats (to their credit) demanded he pay for at least some of it. Raygun wanted the defense spending more than he cared about the taxes and made a deal (one which resulted in huge debt). To say that Raygun wanted, or asked for the tax increases isn't accurate. He took them in order to get what he really wanted which was gobs of money for the Military Industrial complex. Lets not start making Raygun seem like a reasonable guy who truly understood that there may be a need for tax increases, he wasn't. He made deals to get what he wanted.