The tax-cutters’ song
Ronald Reagan wouldn’t recognise what the Republicans are up to
REPUBLICAN tax-cutters are being reminded that history repeats itself first as tragedy, then as farce. Ronald Reagan's tax cuts of 1981 made history. Newt Gingrich's government-busting Contract with America got embroiled in the tragedy of his own ambitions. Now Republicans are once more seeking to cut the state down to size, this time against a background of mistaken identities, raised voices and slamming doors.
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