What would Ronald Reagan say if he were alive today?

[LAGC]

This is from a question-and-answer session HE made to school-children when he was POTUS:

Q: Hi. My name is Ben Allnutt. I go to Poolesville Junior-Senior High School. I was wondering if the younger generation today is going to have to pay for the world debt in years to come?

The President: No, I don't believe that it is that big a problem. You mean our Federal deficit? No, I think that with this thing we have going along -- yes, there will be a time when in the future, when government bonds come due and so forth -- whether it be the taxpayers at that time that are paying them off. But if we can get this plan we're working on into effect, that will come along gradually as those bonds come due. And that, I don't think, will be a great threat to our economy. Truth of the matter is, bad as our Federal debt is, it is much milder than many other countries as a percentage of our gross national product.

This is the same President who saw the national debt TRIPLE from the time he took office to when he finally left. We saw tax cuts that got him re-elected by a large margin, but at what cost to the next generation? Now Obama has inherited this mess, and he will be the one who has to restore fiscal discipline, which will be unpopular and quite possibly cost him his re-election.

[Hawkeye-X]

1. At his age of 97 years old

He'll go "uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

[grantcart]

14. Its complicated they may bring back Reagan of the 50's

"Buy Borax for a 20 mule clean"

[Honeycombe8]

16. He'd say "Lower taxes." No doubt about it. nt

[Joanne98]

2. He'd say "death panels" May he rot in Hell!

[Posteritatis]

3. Slightly OT: Gah, that peak at the end of WWII! (nt)

[Chulanowa]

4. Probably something about space aliens or "mommy"

And then he's reminisce about a movie he once saw and how it's just like what's happening now. Cool Hand Luke, I bet.

[Lerkfish]

5. "Damn! I thought I was dead!"

:)

[CoffeeCat]

6. "Why are my car keys in the refrigerator?"

hehe.

[DrToast]

7. "Help! I'm in this coffin, but I'm not dead!! HELP!!!"

[valerief]

8. "Look, I can put jellybeans in my ears. " nt

[Phx_Dem]

13. LMAO!!

[izquierdista]

9. Wellllllllllllllll...........

Tear down this wall!

[leftofthedial]

10. heh heh, looks like we hit the trifecta!

Uhhhhhhhn. Nancy! Time to dump another load and clean me up!

[monmouth]

11. He'd say he was glad he switched to the repugs instead of being

a spineless wimpy dem. I'm sure he'd say that...

[Arkana]

12. "I do not know who any of you are, nor can I recall why I am here."

[DavidDvorkin]

15. Something stupid

He said so many stupid things when he was alive. Why would it be different if he came back to life?

[Umbral]

17. Can't say, but I imagine the words "Mommy" and "Diaper" would figure prominently in the conversation