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Center for Voting and
Democracy
World
Federalist Association
Presidential
Tall Tales
Candidate Ronald Reagan proposed
in 1980 to cut taxes, raise defense spending and balance
the budget. When he got into office, President Reagan
found that he couldn't keep the last promise, the only
difficult one. We now know that Ronald Reagan and his
wife Nancy turned to psychics for help in making
decisions. He had the right idea but should have dialed
1-800-ANDERSON. An opponent of Reagan, John Anderson
accurately predicted the increase in the budget deficit
under Reagan's Administration. Anderson forecast
problems with Reagans policies that were continued by
his Vice-President George Bush, including
over-dependence upon the Middle East for oil, the
Persian Gulf War and the riots in Los Angeles. Also,
having rejected an offer from Iran to release the
hostages in exchange for help in procuring weapons,
Anderson could have given Reagan one more piece of
advice about arms-for-hostages deals: JUST SAY
NO!
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