[guitarjosh]

Originally posted on 01/09/2018:

now the recession started close to winter . Now thank god that reagan grew the govt from 900,000 people to 5.1 million because idiots like roy want you believe that trickle down work. Also reagan raised taxes 11 times starting in 1982 and spent the shit out of the social security funds. But please don't let facts get in your way.

Actually according to the Fed, the 1981-82 recession which (you claim was caused by the tax cuts passed in August) was started in JULY of 1981, a month before those cuts became law, let alone had any real impact in the economy. This is literally the headline:

Recession of 1981–82
July 1981–November 1982

Lasting from July 1981 to November 1982, this economic downturn was triggered by tight monetary policy in an effort to fight mounting inflation.

https://www.federalreservehistory.or...ion_of_1981_82