policies. they have at least four elements that are the front burner of killing the country s economy. . when you took over in the early reagan years. yes. there we had a pro growth president and slashing taxes and a lot didn t realize until years later, ge s did they make a difference to you or would you have done the same thing regardless? look, i think you ve got to look at let s take a couple of these things. intimidation, celebrating american business. celebrating growth, that this white house, the first month bashing vegas, travel the rhythm of business where people go on sales contests and other things, bashes the insurance companies, he hasn t missed one.