Reagan’s whole schtick was that government is inherently useless.
e.g. “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I'm here to help.’”
“One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.”
“Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.”
etc., and unfortunately this rhetoric was very effective as advertising/propaganda, noticeably shifting public attitudes.
His platform was largely about cutting taxes, deregulation, privatizing public institutions and infrastructure, reducing or eliminating government services, ...
e.g. “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I'm here to help.’”
“One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.”
“Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.”
etc., and unfortunately this rhetoric was very effective as advertising/propaganda, noticeably shifting public attitudes.
His platform was largely about cutting taxes, deregulation, privatizing public institutions and infrastructure, reducing or eliminating government services, ...