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Re:EPA is allowing asbestos back into manufacturing by hindsightbias on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @12:04PM (#17707830)
Obamacare has bit of legacy with Nixoncare, which flopped because Henry Kaiser got to him and Ted Kennedy's Senate didn't want to give him a topper to LBJ's Great Society. Wonder what that alt-future would look like today.

I tell younger people we're living in Reagan's world. Fear is saying that in another 20 years might actually be... optimistic?

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Re:EPA is allowing asbestos back into manufacturing by mirimir on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @01:05PM (#17708398)
Yeah, Reagan's world, for sure.

Funny story. I was in Moscow when Reagan's joke was leaked:

> My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.

Most people understood that he was joking. But still, it was frightening. I mean, Soviet Central Television broadcast the audio, with a translation.

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