‘Economic Witchcraft’
Your editorial notes that the term voodoo economics was applied in 1980 to Candidate Reagan’s promise to balance the budget, cut taxes and raise defense spending--all at the same time.
Maybe we ought to constantly remind voters of the common warning against confidence schemes: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn’t.
WENDELL W. NORRIS
Del Mar
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