R.I.P.
Having said that, Rosty (as W&M Chairman) & Tip O’ Neill played a huge role in escalating the federal deficit in the 1980s. Instead of cutting spending to accompany the Reagan tax cuts, they ramped it up.
Reaganomics is often unfairly blamed for the deficits; in reality, it was the Donkey-dominated House that should bear much of the blame (just like the Newt-led House of the 90s should be credited with the magical “Clinton surplus”).
Is my memory wrong, or did the Rosty/O’Neil cabal persecute the Iran Contra defendants for misuse of government funds....while, it turns out, they were skimming from the till for personal enhancements?