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The rich is happy in the plenty giv’n, The poor contents him with the care of Heav’n. —Alexander Pope

Say what you will about Alexander Pope, he was no supply-sider. If he were serving today as poet laureate of the GOP, and why bloody not, he would probably be most comfortable nestled in among the Rockefellers and Scrantons, the Heinzes and Weickers—men made more or less happy by the plenty giv’n. Ronald Reagan, it seems reasonable to suppose, would make him nervous. Very nervous.

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Neal B. Freeman

Neal B. Freeman, businessman and journalist, was a director of National Review Inc. for 38 years.

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The rich is happy in the plenty giv’n, The poor contents him with the care of Heav’n. —Alexander Pope

Say what you will about Alexander Pope, he was no supply-sider. If he were serving today as poet laureate of the GOP, and why bloody not, he would probably be most comfortable nestled in among the Rockefellers and Scrantons, the Heinzes and Weickers—men made more or less happy by the plenty giv’n. Ronald Reagan, it seems reasonable to suppose, would make him nervous. Very nervous.