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From: rrizzo@bbncca.ARPA (Ron Rizzo)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: A Vote for Mondale
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Date: Mon, 5-Nov-84 17:33:04 EST
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The economy Reagan "inherited" (maybe the right word: the GOP seems to
consider it their personal property) was one formed under 8 years of
government "totally" controlled by the GOP (remember messrs Nixon &
Ford?) during probably its "formative" years: the Oil Embargo & the
rise of OPEC, the end of US fighting & the beginning of taxpayer
paying for the massive cost of the Indochina War, the steady inflation
since Nixon's first term, etc.  4 years isn't a magic number for busi-
ness cycles or economic "laws".

Reagan's only signifigant economic contribution, "Reaganomics" (which
many economists & observers believe he'll attempt to revive if he wins
big on Tuesday), was ABANDONED & considered a joke by the beginning of
Reagan's second year.  The Reagan administration's two key "movers &
shakers", David Stockman & Paul Voelker, alternated between publically
defying or simply utterly ignoring Reagan (usually the latter).  Odd
enough for a Republican politician, Reagan's an economic idiot.  I
think a lot of people are voting for Reagan because they want a Calvin
Coolidge 1984-style, a flagrant figurehead.