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Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts) Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:56 PM Jan 2012

It may just be me but it sounded like there was a little slap to Reagan in the Republican response.

Right there at the start of the speech when he talked about the “Trickle down Economics”. He used the “Shining City on the Hill” to try to make up for it, but that first part seemed like a slap at Reagan to me.

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It may just be me but it sounded like there was a little slap to Reagan in the Republican response. (Original Post) Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2012 OP

He said "trickle down government," I think. Honeycombe8 Jan 2012 #1

You are right! Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2012 #2

Honeycombe8

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1. He said "trickle down government," I think.

Reply to Lady Freedom Returns (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:59 PM

Jan 2012

It was a pay-back of the negative turn on Reagan's economics over the years as "trickle down economics."

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)

2. You are right!

Reply to Lady Freedom Returns (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 12:26 AM

Jan 2012

"The President's grand experiment in trickle-down government has held back rather than sped economic recovery."

But, to me it sounded like a underhanded slap at Reagan, and I do hope many Reagan lovers hear it that way to. Muhahaha!

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