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**ElectraDupu** · 02-09-2011, 02:33 PM

By Eugene Robinson

Democrats sound and act almost like Reaganites. It was Clinton, remember, who balanced the budget and ended welfare "as we know it." President Obama has pledged not to raise taxes on the middle class, and Democrats couldn't even manage to reverse tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans that might make even Reagan blush. Obama based his health care package on Republican ideas -- including the individual mandate, which had been proposed by conservative think tanks and implemented by Mitt

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ElectraDupu Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 428 Senior Member	Today's Democrats Are Like Reagan! By Eugene Robinson Democrats sound and act almost like Reaganites. It was Clinton, remember, who balanced the budget and ended welfare "as we know it." President Obama has pledged not to raise taxes on the middle class, and Democrats couldn't even manage to reverse tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans that might make even Reagan blush. Obama based his health care package on Republican ideas -- including the individual mandate, which had been proposed by conservative think tanks and implemented by Mitt . http://www.realclearpolitics.com/art...ts_108807.html
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