| − | '''Bruce Bartlett''' is a conservative author and former government employee.<ref>Mr. Bartlett ... was a domestic policy aide at the [[White House]] in the [[Reagan administration]] and a deputy assistant [[Treasury secretary]] under the first [[President Bush (41)]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/18/politics/18bartlett.html (NY Times, October 18, 2005)</ref> | + | '''Bruce Bartlett''' is a conservative economist, author and former government employee.<ref>Mr. Bartlett ... was a domestic policy aide at the [[White House]] in the [[Reagan administration]] and a deputy assistant [[Treasury secretary]] under the first [[President Bush (41)]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/18/politics/18bartlett.html (NY Times, October 18, 2005)</ref> |
| | + | In 2005, he was fired from the conservative think tank National Center for Policy Analysis, it has been widely reported that the reason was his writing the book: ''Impostor: Why George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy.'' Bartlett has said that he despite this, he remains a [[Republican]].<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/13/politics/13letter.html An Outspoken Conservative Loses His Place at the Table:] New York Times: February 13, 2006]</ref> |