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How LBJ and Reagan Wrecked Our Faith in Government

Great Expectations

In the mid-’60s polar opposites Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan promised America more than they could possibly deliver. The result was decades of cynicism about government.

Scott Porch
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