WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RONALD REAGAN AND GEORGE SANTOS? THE SIZE OF THEIR LIES. REAGAN LIED WHEN HE PROMISED GOP TAX CUTS WOULD NEVER HURT, "THE POVERTY-STRICKEN, THE DISABLED, THE ELDERLY, ALL THOSE WITH TRUE NEED, CAN REST ASSURED THAT THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET OF PROGRAMS THEY DEPEND ON ARE EXEMPT FROM ANY CUTS.'' SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE WERE SPECIFICALLY EXEMPTED. REAGAN'S "SAFETY NET," WAS A STANDARD LIE FOR DECADES OF GOP TAX CUTS TO THE RICH.