Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine

Paul Krugman dug out this little gem from the past.

Its quite amazing how Reagan is revered these days , when at the time he seemed so ridiculous. Now many ideological Reaganite capitalists look radical rather than conservative and are simultaneously crying out for what counts as socialism by their measure.

Lets hear the Gipper tell you why government run things like our remaining banks, or the army for that matter, are silly; lament the fact that the US will never enjoy the same cheap healthcare you can get anywhere else in the developed world and remind you that Reagan really was an anachronistic throwback – a vacuuous, accidental sage like Chauncey the gardener in Being There .

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