I see what you mean after researching it a bit more. He was a serious Reagan supporter and served as an advisor to both Reagan and Thatcher. Although I never claimed that he was the father of supply side economics only that he promoted it, that, too, may have been an overstatement. I’d have to do more research to see whether or not he spoke out against it either publicly or in his writing during Reagan’s time in office. If you were to rewrite that tiny section of my essay would you use Friedman as an example of someone from the greatest generation who used his enormous influence to move us forward or backwards? BTW, I'm thinking about changing it to his strong belief in small government. After all, supposedly government IS the problem according to some.