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Originally posted by bilmore
No one younger than me has blind hero worship of Reagan, and I'm pretty sure SC is younger than me. One can "worship" what Reagan did in a realistic way. He reintroduced a whole new old way of thinking back into American thought that was accurate, and quite good for us.
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OK -- but that has nothing to do with whether any mild neagtive reference to his economic policies should be enough to justify a sharp negative reaction and dismissal of the entire argument. Club's reaction, in particular, struck me as not entirely rational.
S_A_M
P.S. Club -- When you say that the current deficit (i.e. between 4% about 5% of GDP if the CBO is correct, is "just over' those of the Clinton years -- you'd best specify the years. You can't be talking about the three(?) years of surplus.]