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Fairness issue:

Democrats' best issue, 299 , 421

Reagan 1981 package, 90 , 102 -8, 111 -13, 148

Reagan's moral economy, 273 -74

Republican concerns, 106 , 192 , 217 , 219 , 228 , 233 -34, 237 , 238 , 257

shapes policy after 1981, 375 , 378 , 387 , 403 -5

"Social Safety Net," 106 -7, 111

tax issues, 107 -8, 158 , 160 , 180 , 222 , 257 , 301 , 303 , 158 , 160 , 180 , 590 n.32

See also Democratic Party; Elections; Public opinion; Spending cuts packages; Tax reform

"Fair Shares," 32 , 36 , 38 -39, 232 -33, 251 , 361 , 375 , 391 -92, 397 -99, 548 , 573 , 609 n.15

See also Budgetary base; Fairness issue Tax reform

Fakery, 61 , 62 , 78 , 98 -101, 110 -11, 124 , 125 -26, 140 , 142 , 154 , 166 , 198 , 215 , 227 -29, 231 , 239 , 246 , 248 , 252 , 295 , 321 -22, 328 , 388 , 399 , 434 , 462 , 513 -16, 518 , 520 , 557 , 559 , 568

See also Forecasts (of deficit or economy); Gramm-Rudman-Hollings; "Washington Monument" game

Fallows, James, 21 , 39

Farney, Dennis, 151

Fazio, Vic, 305 , 448 , 450 , 459 , 509

Federalism, 40 -42, 153 , 220 -23, 290 -91, 376 -77, 542 , 586 n.23

Federal Reserve See Monetary policy

Feldstein, Martin, 230 -303, 313 , 345 , 349 , 351 , 357 -58, 370 , 382 , 385 -89, 429

Ferejohn, John, 423

Ferrara, Peter J., 328 -29

Financial markets, xv -xvi, 19 , 28 -30, 49 -51, 55 , 63 -64, 97 -98, 100 , 132 -33, 183 -84, 195 , 225 , 235 , 247 , 260 -62, 266 -67, 349 , 359 , 396 , 484 , 518 -20, 529 , 537 , 565 , 574

See also Deficit—consequences; expectations; Monetary policy

Fingerhut, Victor, 419

Fiorina, Morris, 423

Flat tax, 470 , 475 , 478

Flippo, Ronnie, 482

Foley, Tom, 32 , 46 , 127 , 431 , 447 , 451 , 464 , 520 , 567 , 655

Follette, Mary Parker, 504

Ford, Gerald, 16 , 21 , 71 , 87 -88, 221 , 308 , 448 , 586

Ford, Harold, 401

Ford, Wendell, 371

Ford, William, 296

Forecasts (of deficit or economy), 14 , 32 , 43 , 77 -79, 140 , 187 , 195 , 220 , 227 -28, 236 , 313 -14, 320 , 332 , 345 , 357 , 358 , 371 , 387 -88, 411 , 432 , 439 , 455 , 464 , 506 , 512 -13, 523 -24, 532 , 571 -72, 608 n.1, 613 n.8, 618 n.6

1980 confusion, 57 , 64 , 100

"Rosy Scenario," 98 -101, 125 -26, 164 -65, 184 -85, 341 -42, 594 n.46

intax reform, 491 -92

Frenzel, Bill, 215 , 448 , 483 , 494 , 655

Friedersdorf, Max L., 87 , 131 , 202

Friedman, Milton, 26 , 79 , 348 , 587

Frost, Martin, 149 , 377 , 448

Fuller, Mary Foley, 311 , 322

Fund to Assure an Independent Retirement (FAIR), 323 , 326


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