“We Have Met the Enemy…And He Is Us”*

Thanks, Ron, but you were wrong

Ronald Reagan, the 40th U.S. president courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

In 1986, Ronald Reagan famously said:

“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’”

Politically, it was a masterstroke, giving conservatives a clever line that encapsulated their overarching goal, and it’s been repeated by them ever…