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weaktwosI found myself annoyed at Peter J. Wallison's op-ed piece entitled "Bush's Reagan Moment".
And he faced a senior staff that did not support him. "Now my team is pushing for a tax increase to help hold down the deficits," he recorded. "I'm being stubborn. I think our tax cuts will produce more revenue by stimulating the economy. I intend to wait and see some results." Eventually, of course, he saw them. He shrugged off advice to change his economic and foreign policies. By the end of his second term, Reaganomics had created 18 million jobs and the Soviet Union was on its way to collapse.
I'm not sure Reagonomics had anything to do with the Soviet Collapse. And who cares if 18 million jobs were created if the wealthy 1%'s income went up by 70%, and everyone else's income effectively decreased? It is a known that we are working more for essentially the same wage as one might have earned back in the days of the single wage-earner family.
Apparently Mr. Wallison wrote a book called, "Ronald Reagan: The Power of Conviction and the Success of His Presidency". Yes, I remember his power of conviction with the Iran-Contra scandal.
I don't recall.
This guy appears to be saying that Bush should just stick to his convictions and disregard public opinion, and he'll come out ahead. The problem is, the public isn't the ones who put Bush in power, really. So of course he should disregard public criticism. He's been doing that all along, if he hasn't been manipulating it through fear and deception.
And he faced a senior staff that did not support him. "Now my team is pushing for a tax increase to help hold down the deficits," he recorded. "I'm being stubborn. I think our tax cuts will produce more revenue by stimulating the economy. I intend to wait and see some results." Eventually, of course, he saw them. He shrugged off advice to change his economic and foreign policies. By the end of his second term, Reaganomics had created 18 million jobs and the Soviet Union was on its way to collapse.
I'm not sure Reagonomics had anything to do with the Soviet Collapse. And who cares if 18 million jobs were created if the wealthy 1%'s income went up by 70%, and everyone else's income effectively decreased? It is a known that we are working more for essentially the same wage as one might have earned back in the days of the single wage-earner family.
Apparently Mr. Wallison wrote a book called, "Ronald Reagan: The Power of Conviction and the Success of His Presidency". Yes, I remember his power of conviction with the Iran-Contra scandal.
I don't recall.
This guy appears to be saying that Bush should just stick to his convictions and disregard public opinion, and he'll come out ahead. The problem is, the public isn't the ones who put Bush in power, really. So of course he should disregard public criticism. He's been doing that all along, if he hasn't been manipulating it through fear and deception.
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Date: 2003-10-28 01:36 pm (UTC)if everyone works enough no one will be able to see straight anymore, and soon bush will have a convenient double-image in everyone's eyes, and there will be much comfort in the consistentency between the two images, BOTH doing the same thing. imagine that.