I must respond to the “Other voices” article in The Union Feb. 4 by Claudia Taylor. Her statements are another example of the Republicans being out of touch with reality and pursuing an economic agenda that is devoid of empirical facts and history. There are three statements I would like to dispute. First, “Democrats only want to squeeze money out of the sources (wealthy people and large corporations) that are producing (jobs).” The Reagan revolution first promoted this idea — Reaganomics — give money to the rich (tax cuts) and the money will trickle down to everyone else. George W. …