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...hear critics tell it, supply-side economics, and thus Reaganomics, originated in a faraway jungle where voodoo is in vogue. Supply-side theory, which emphasizes the importance of tax cuts in stimulating economic growth, actually sprang forth from leading universities like Columbia, and has been refined at several respected think tanks. One of these is the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. Two of the institute's scholars, Charles Murray and George Gilder, have written new books that are already stirring as much comment and controversy as the original supply-side ideas...
...issue of abortion: while Reagan supports a constitutional amendment that would protect unborn fetuses except when the mother's life is threatened, the Vice President would add rape and incest as grounds for ending a pregnancy. Although in 1980 he labeled Reagan's tax and spending programs "voodoo economics," Bush now insisted he was fully behind Reaganomics. "Of course I support the President's economic program, and I support him in everything else," said Bush. Then, going on the offensive with a reminder that Mondale has disavowed programs like the Soviet grain embargo, which he supported...
Some call it the Death Star. Others say It is a mystery planet. Still others call it voodoo astronomy...
Vice President Bush, the putative front runner for 1988, has tried to become a born-anew Reaganite, religiously defending the fiscal creed he once called "voodoo economics." Nevada Senator and Reagan Friend Paul Laxalt gives him credit for "making significant progress as the ultimate consummate good soldier." But even though Bush has lived in Texas far longer than in his native Connecticut, he cannot escape his Andover-Yale-Skull-and-Bones heritage, nor can he hide his gee-whiz preppie manner. As Laxalt says, "Many conservatives feel that anyone who has been near an Ivy League school is suspect...
...Until he found a niche as an industrious cheerleader for Reagan's views, Bush's own ideological stance was never quite clear to voters. Even after four years of unwavering fealty, the man whose most memorable phrase was correctly calling Reagan's 1980 budget-balancing promises "voodoo economics" has only partially mollified his party's right wing...