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| | The American Enterprise: Reaganomics & the poor (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Ask a good liberal about Reaganomics and he'll say three things: Reagan tried to make ketchup a vegetable, he flooded the country in red ink, and he was mean-spirited about the poor, like when he'd tell the story about the Cadillac-ensconced "Chicago welfare queen" who had 80 names, 30 addresses, and 12 Social Security cards. |
 | | By 1986, Reaganomics had knocked the inflation rate down to 1.9 percent--especially good news for those who don't have the luxury of dealing with big price hikes by simply cutting back a bit on yacht and diamond expenditures. |
 | | By 1989, Reaganomics had cut the U.S. jobless rate in half to 5 percent--especially good news, again, for those at the bottom, who found themselves standing in ever-lengthening unemployment lines prior to the Gipper's arrival. |
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