Return of Reaganomics?

By David Welna

Published February 8, 2003 at 7:00 PM HST

The tax cuts being proposed by President Bush remind many of the Reagan cuts of the 1980s which were then followed by huge budget deficits. NPR's David Welna reports on the possible return of Reaganomics.

David Welna

David Welna is NPR's national security correspondent.

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