The country's bankrupt. — PolitiFact National on Friday, August 12th, 2011.  False. Tax hikes without spending cuts? Ron Paul · "In the '80s, Democrats  promised spending cuts, but delivered only tax hikes." — PolitiFact National on  Wednesday, August 10th, 2011. False. A few exceptions to his small-government  principles.
In the 1992 presidential election campaign, Pat Buchanan repeatedly cited the  pledge as an example of a broken promise in his unsuccessful challenge to ....  Bush initially presented Congress a proposed budget containing steep spending  cuts and no new taxes, but congressional Democrats dismissed this out of hand.
Dec 5, 2012 ... In defense of their position they cite Ronald Reagan's experience, claiming that  he once made a deal with Democrats for $3 in spending cuts in return for $1 in  tax increases. The Democrats got the taxes, they say, but Reagan never got the  cuts. Republicans—and Grover Norquist in particular—have ...
This is the centerpiece of the Republican tax cut strategy. 1980s Republicans  had few moral qualms about promising tax cuts without mentioning the specific  programs that might have to be cut. They saw this approach as the strategic  analogue to years of Democratic promises to increase spending without detailing  how to ...
Nov 29, 2017 ... As President Ronald Reagan slashed taxes in the 1980s, he argued that citizens,  not bureaucrats, should decide how to spend their money. President George W.  Bush bestowed enormous tax cuts on the affluent. But the trickle-down story has  yet to achieve its promised happy ending. Only the beginning ...
In the '80s, Democrats promised spending cuts, but delivered only tax hikes.