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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hunter Vann who wrote (8678)	2/27/1998 11:19:00 AM
From: Janice Shell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

As Mr. Thomas Sowell states, "It was not a decline in tax revenue, but uncontrolled increases in spending that piled up bigger deficits." True up to a point, but remember: much of the increased spending was for defense. One of the key planks of the platform on which Reagan ran was a promise of more money for defense; he vowed at the same time to lower taxes. This proved to be an unworkable combination. Remember David Stockman's resignation? He wasn't annoyed only at Democrats in Congress; he was equally exasperated with the Reagan administration and with Republican Congressmen.