from the article...
Rather than continuing a half century of policies that made smart investments in research and development ? along with maintaining a well-educated work force and a top-notch transportation infrastructure ? Reagan declared ?government is the problem? and built a political movement for deconstructing it.
That movement, which boasts powerful right-wing media outlets and well-funded think tanks, now dominates the American political landscape. And, today it presses even harder than Reagan did for dismantling government programs while rejecting the slightest revenue enhancements, like closing tax loopholes for corporate jets or any other tax advantage favoring the rich.
In the future ? if the American Right and its Tea Party foot soldiers have their way ? the federal government would be reduced to doing little more than paying the Pentagon?s bills and eliminating regulations.
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http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/11...f-reaganomics/