28 Yrs Later, The "Riverboat Gamble" That Was Reaganomics Comes Home To Roost

[stopbush]

That's what it's all about.

[Kutjara]

1. You have to admit, though,...

...there something horribly impressive about a con game that's worked for 30 years and bilked an entire nation out of trillions of dollars. It's a grifter's ultimate fantasy.

[Ishoutandscream2]

2. No question

Trickle down has reared its ugly head. If any good comes from this, I hope the American people will never buy into voodoo economics again.

[Hepburn]

3. Asshole Pubbie that I still talk to and had a converstation with this last weekend...

...and I told him about 100 times "I told you so..." on both Bush and Reagan. Well, guess what? He FINALLY admitted that he was wrong to have supported BOTH of them.

:wow: Guess his stocks dropping through the floor might have gotten his attention!

[MBS]

4. YES! I've been yelling about this for years.

Horrible way to be proved right, though.

[juno jones]

5. I knew this 30 years ago when the manufacturing base of the midwest

began to crumble. I'm actually surprised it took this long.