"Social Security is the greatest swindle of the poor ever." — Stephen Moore

The first iron rule of American politics is Follow the Money. This explains, oh, about 80 percent of what goes on in Washington.

Increases in output generally lead to lower prices, not higher prices.

Whereas Jimmy Carter had aggressively pursued anti-merger activity - the imbecilic case against AT&T was prosecuted under President Carter - Mr. Reagan understood the virtue of allowing companies to exploit the synergies of mergers to gain efficiency and lower costs.

It turns out the businessman knows more about how the economy really works than the chattering class. What a shock.