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The Chris Plante Show

5-31-23 Hour 3 - What would Reagan do?

The Chris Plante Show

WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington

Government, News, Politics

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In hour 3, Chris plays audio from 1985 when Reagan was worried about 2 trillion in debt, now we are over 35 trillion dollars and the Democrats refuse to stop spending! For more coverage on the issues that matter to you download the WMAL app, visit WMAL.com or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 9:00am-12:00pm Monday-Friday. To join the conversation, check us out on twitter @WMAL and @ChrisPlanteShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.2

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0:09.0

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0:19.9

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0:25.5

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0:31.0

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.

0:40.0

Yes, Ronald Wilson Reagan, the greatest president of the 20th century, and you know, for a long, long time.

0:52.0

In my lifetime, an amazing Soviet Union, the economy, the Democrats got rolled over by Ronald Reagan

0:59.0

instead of the other way around.

1:04.0

And the Soviet Union got rolled over by Ronald Reagan.

1:09.0

That was a good one.

1:13.0

Well, happy Wednesday once again.

1:16.0

Never happy day for Hillary Clinton, is it?

1:20.0

That was one of Ronald Reagan's classic lines, one of many.

1:28.0

But let me, let me go to take you in the time machine to October of 1985, the New York Times being a left-wing pro-communist rag even back then.

1:40.0

Reagan aides prod Congress on debt, a prodding Congress on debt.

1:46.0

The Reagan administration warned today that departments and agencies would face, quote, pain and suffering.

1:53.0

And quote, in, if Congress did not raise the federal debt ceiling in the next few days, 1985, okay.

2:01.0

So what is that now, 38 years ago?

2:04.0

Is that a little more than 38 years ago, October of 1985, right?

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