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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1101384)	11/24/2018 12:46:26 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584441

“We’ve got a perfect storm of a madman in the White House, who’s pursuing trade wars, border wars, a fiscal policy that is totally out to lunch, and attacking the fed,” Other than that, how was the play, Mrs Lincoln?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1101384)	11/24/2018 12:58:29 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584441

"[T]he Republican Party was hijacked by modern imperialists during the Reagan era. As a consequence, the conservative party cannot perform its natural function as watchdog of the public purse because it is constantly seeking legislative action to provision a vast war machine of invasion and occupation." [25] stockman

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1101384)	11/24/2018 12:59:16 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1584441

Stockman's influence within the Reagan Administration was weakened after the Atlantic Monthly magazine published the infamous 18,246 word article, "The Education of David Stockman", [7] in its December 1981 issue, based on lengthy interviews Stockman gave to reporter William Greider. Stockman was quoted as referring to Reagan's tax act in these terms: "I mean, Kemp-Roth [Reagan's 1981 tax cut] was always a Trojan horse to bring down the top rate.... It's kind of hard to sell 'trickle down.' So the supply-side formula was the only way to get a tax policy that was really 'trickle down.' Supply-side is 'trickle-down' theory." [7] Of the budget process during his first year on the job, Stockman was quoted as saying, "None of us really understands what's going on with all these numbers," which was used as the subtitle of the article. [7] After "being taken to the woodshed by the president" [8] because of his candor with Greider