doesn't sound very heritage-y

my god he's telling us directly that he thought this was going to go down like venezuela

i know it is seeping but you gotta rage against the dying of the light

"attrit" is acceptable because it's military jargon and we expect those people to make up ugly words and we're fine with it as long as they don't bother the rest of us too much with them

"incent" is not a word of any kind -- noun, verb, or otherwise.

Overall federal tax collections were around 18.5% of GDP in 1980. After 10 years of Reaganism hey fell a bit to around 18% by 1990, but were back up to around 20% by 2000.

The tax burden was remarkably stable over the period. You are talking about marginal rates, which is something much different.

dunno, but right now it looks like maybe the Persians held the sea holy because they could use it to block the global flow of oil and hold the world economy hostage

wow they let you take your phone on space missions?

I mean it's true that we've gotten to a place where proposing higher taxes is political suicide. But it doesn't follow at all that that's "a reaffirmation that low taxes spur growth."

Reagan gave the myth that we could have lower taxes if we didn't give so many benefits to Those People.

Or one could say every budget they propose is a reflection of the fact that we're a nation of spoiled children that wants government services and benefits but doesn't want to pay for them. Not sure that's Reaganism

i would think ai would do a better job of getting the random capitalization right

Sorry, I meant I've never heard of the Reagan incident. That Jackson quote does ring a bell.

I have never heard of this incident FWIW.

Are you suggesting those weren't shockingly racist remarks in the 1980s? Because I for one am old enough to know they definitely were.

seems to me the Court can and will find at least some of these to be unconstitutional (something something inherent Article III power blah blah) but Congress should do them anyway

all of these tedious re-hashes miss the two most salient features of the Reagan administration:

sustained deficit spending

creation of the modern TV presidency

he did neglect to take out the trash

deep fryer is right there

well i'm sure it's humid as well

that's basically what this is.

. . . and now i have a place to look for an answer. thank you!

Very interesting -- glad you shared this. It's a short piece and I haven't read the author's work but one thing I wonder is whether he might turn out to be as naive about the possibilities of the legislative branch and "democracy" as he thinks Vladeck is about courts and the rule of law.

could not be more thrilled to see that the court cited the law review article I co-authored on this topic a couple decades ago

Is this a place to consider revealed preferences? Something like 70%-80% of Americans are vaccinated against Covid.

except maybe bacon

doesn't taste quite as good as it smells but only because nothing tastes that good

yeah and coffee smells bad too right?

this can and likely will go en banc, right?