And they don’t get the irony that when Reagan said that he was president–a representative of an extremely large amount of government power concentrated in a single person.
Then again Reagan himself obviously wasn’t aware that he was saying, “I can’t be trusted.”
ETA: I see you made the same point more eloquently with “That’s what gets me most about that quote… you’re taking it to heart, when it was said by someone who was leading the government at the time, and who was trying to convince people that his version of help was the best…”
