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To: benwood who wrote (96372)	8/17/2008 1:51:59 PM
From: NOW	Respond to of 110194

"Anderson's honesty and realism were perhaps his downfall. For example, his advocacy of a fifty cents per gallon hike in the gas tax, which would simultaneously have reduced the demand for gas and shored up the quickly-dwindling Social Security fund, was met with harsh criticism from both candidates. Anderson's opposition to defense expenditures like the M-X missile and the B1 bomber, and his opposition to reducing personal income tax levels, were ammunition for Reagan. His business tax cuts drew Carter's wrath. "