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BLUE COLLAR AND BOUJIE
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Reagan signed the biggest tax cut of his presidency at his California ranch in 1981. That same year, Paul Volcker's Fed made borrowing money brutally expensive. Two policies, both defensible on paper, pulling the same businessman in opposite directions — a fight we're still having, forty-five years later.
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