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Sunk Costs
A battle for the books. Obama's pothole problem. Going for broke. Plus more.
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Michel , 60 miles off the coast of Japan. br> -- Edward Finglas br> Marblehead, Massachusetts /p> p> MAKING LISTS br> Re: Jeffrey Lord's LBJ's List and the Conservative Challenge : /p>Jeffrey Lord overlooked the contribution of Lord's old boss, Ronald Reagan, as well as that of the Georges Bush to the Great Society. None of them, especially Reagan, made any attempt to repeal or to even reduce the Great Society programs. George F. Will wrote a metaphysical truth in 1986 after Reagan bragged at the Illinois State Fair about his increase in farm subsidies: Reagan is not recognizably conservative.
p>Will is absolutely correct about something else. Americans are philosophically conservative and operationally liberal. In plain English that means that a liberal is a conservative who is talking about his government benefits-such as the ones Lord listed. br> --
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