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Old 05-06-2009, 10:33 PM
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Default Re: White House accused of threatening lawyers representing Chrysler Investors

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Originally Posted by Stan Silliman View Post
Reagan not only continued a bailout to Chrysler, he helped push through
legislation to restrict Japanese imports to assure our auto companies would
profit. That's not exactly laissez-faire. Even one of Reagan's biggest
supporters - the CATO institute - complained about this action.
I disagreed with bailing out Chrysler. CATO was right. Although, Ronald W.
Reagan was the greatest president of the 20th century, he wasn't perfect.
Just almost.
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