Him. We have got buildings named after him. Why dont we see what he said about default . And just know, when he was president , republicans and democrats raised the debt ceiling no less than 18 times, i say to my friend. 18 times we raised the debt ceiling because, yeah, we had a debt from prior bills and Ronald Reagan said send me a debt ceiling increase. Look what he says. He said the full consequences of a default or even the serious prospect of default by the United States are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate. Denigration of the full faith and credit of the United States would have substantial effects on the domestic Financial Markets and the value of the dollar. Ronald reagan, 1983. And thats when our economy was much smaller than it is today. So how does the party of Ronald Reagan now get us to this point where three days were about to default . I didnt hear one word out of them when they decided to put two wars on the credit card and a huge tax break for billiona