[TheRealThing]

You are probably ignorant of this fact, but Ronald Reagan was a great admirer of Milton Friedman and Friedman is by far the best known and most respected of Reagan's inner circle of economic advisers. You are correct in your assessment that Milton Friedman is no longer living among us, but great ideas live forever.

Reagan has also been dead for quite awhile. I do not believe that Reagan would have given as much credit to Art Laffer or as little credit to Milton Friedman to his success as you do.

Friedman won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1976. In 1988, Friedman received the National Medal of Science and Ronald Reagan awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Neither Laffer's achievements nor his professional awards compare to those compiled by Milton Friedman.

Still, if Trump were following Laffer's advice on the campaign trail, he would not have made so many stupid statements concerning economic policy. Laffer believes strongly in free trade. Being an adviser has got to be a very tough job. Laffer does not defend Trump's outrageous statements himself, yet you do so in the name of Laffer. That says something about the level of your devotion to Mr. Trump.

What Reagan's Greatest Economic Adviser Thought About Austerity

You do not need to study Friedman's writings very long to realize that he would have ridiculed Donald Trump's protectionist speeches. Like Art Laffer, Friedman was an advocate of free trade and leaned toward the libertarian side of the political spectrum.

When citizens cast votes for candidates that they know are unqualified and morally unfit to hold office, they lend legitimacy to politicians that is a danger to this country.

Donald Trump is the first Republican presumptive nominee of my lifetime who I believe to be unqualified and morally unfit to be president.

BTW, did you know that Art Laffer voted for Bill Clinton twice? Maybe their mutual friends recommended Laffer to Trump. nicker:

I would say that your own familiarity of the workings of the Reagan era is largely the benefit of second hand information. I doubt you had all that much interest in such matters when it was all going down. The point is, one more time, that you said this; "Don't fall for Trump's demagoguery on economics. Trump has always supported liberal politicians who have choked the life out of manufacturing and mining operations in this country. As they say, follow the money - and you sill see most of it has ended up in the pockets of corrupt liberal politicians."


Now, your having said that had nada to do with rankings among noted economists be they Friedman or Keynes, and everything about trashing Trump with another of you unfair characterizations of him. Mr Trump is being advised by the same men that advised Reagan. His economic plan is sound according to them.