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[hobs]

The right's obsession with trickle down economics alone and the no new tax pledge is enough to think Reagan was a bad president.

We see an entire portion government apparatus effectively obsessed with killing the government, but only performatively. This is what I see as a Reagan special.

[blagie → hobs]

I agree about the harm that caused by that movement, but as much as Reagan was part of it, I have a hard time attributing the whole movement to him.

FWIW, as much as a president has a soapbox to advocate from, budget and tax policy are set by congress.