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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (2328)	10/25/2007 3:56:45 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

My point was that the great majority of mainstream economists disagree with your point of view. And this is supposed to somehow make me wrong? If we are going by the opinions of economists - The great majority of mainstream economists also disagree with the idea that a massive tax increase would be good, or neutral for the economy, or that it would have insignificant negative effects. Reich, is hardly in the middle of mainstream economic thought. As for your quote of Makiw, so what? He has somewhat different opinions that I have, or than the typical Republican, but in his own words he favors "smaller government, lower taxes, and greater reliance on free markets", which is what I fight for not any view that happens to get accepted by the Republican party. Also re: "As George Makiw himself explains his unorthodox views" Not really unorthodox, and much closer to mainstream economic though than Reich's plan.