tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post8344704656255242190..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Read Stuff, You ShouldJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-13624356664383702742013-04-10T09:17:23.455-05:002013-04-10T09:17:23.455-05:00There's an interesting quote from Cap Weinberg...There's an interesting quote from Cap Weinberger in those oral histories, when he mentions "cutting taxes" in a list of what was on their political agendas, then says, "It’s hard to realize or recall, but in the years they were coming to power, these things weren’t talked about."<br /><br />Of course, Proposition 13 - which everyone regards as the first salvo in the tax-cutting revolution - passed in California in 1978, before either Reagan or Thatcher was in power. So even the people who worked with them are capable of succumbing to the mythology.TNnoreply@blogger.com