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| | This is a list of significant politicians who had a real career (outside of politics): | | This is a list of significant politicians who had a real career (outside of politics): |
| | *[[Michele Bachmann]] - [[homeschooled]] her 5 children and also helped raise 23 foster children; now is a [[conservative]] candidate in the presidential race.<ref>Also practiced as an attorney before leaving the workforce to raise her children.</ref> | | *[[Michele Bachmann]] - [[homeschooled]] her 5 children and also helped raise 23 foster children; now is a [[conservative]] candidate in the presidential race.<ref>Also practiced as an attorney before leaving the workforce to raise her children.</ref> |
| − | *[[Bill Bradley]] - Hall of Fame NBA Basketball player and sponsor of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, the second of the major Reagan tax cuts.
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| | *[[Jim Bunning]] - Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher and visionary who stood against government spending | | *[[Jim Bunning]] - Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher and visionary who stood against government spending |
| | *[[Winston Churchill]] - accomplished writer, then Prime Minister of the [[United Kingdom]] before it became [[atheistic]] | | *[[Winston Churchill]] - accomplished writer, then Prime Minister of the [[United Kingdom]] before it became [[atheistic]] |
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| | *[[Michael Bloomberg]] - two term Mayor of New York, controls the market for stock quote machines used primarily in Wall Street institutions | | *[[Michael Bloomberg]] - two term Mayor of New York, controls the market for stock quote machines used primarily in Wall Street institutions |
| − | *Bill Bradley - National basketball star | + | *[[Bill Bradley]] - Hall of Fame NBA Basketball player who opposed Reagan's first set of tax cuts<ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/Bill_Bradley_Tax_Reform.htm</ref> but sponsored of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, the second of the major Reagan tax cuts. |
| | *[[George W. Bush]] - 43rd President of the US, oil businessman, co-owner and managing general partner of the [[Texas Rangers]]. Cut taxes and placed two strong [[conservatives]] on the [[U.S. Supreme Court]]. | | *[[George W. Bush]] - 43rd President of the US, oil businessman, co-owner and managing general partner of the [[Texas Rangers]]. Cut taxes and placed two strong [[conservatives]] on the [[U.S. Supreme Court]]. |
| | *[[Maria Cantwell]] - software company executive (Real Networks, who make RealPlayer) | | *[[Maria Cantwell]] - software company executive (Real Networks, who make RealPlayer) |