# A Reagan homily that's come back to annoy me again

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [May 27, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-reagan-homily-thats-come-back-to-annoy-me-again/965228 "2022-05-27T20:05:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-reagan-homily-thats-come-back-to-annoy-me-again/965228/29 "2022-05-30T23:13:18Z")

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Basic services that make sense–National Defense, police/fire, mail, etc. are fine. Things like taxpayer funding of midnight basketball or studying the sex lives of hummingbirds, not so much.

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