David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan, is no fan of the current Republican tax-overhaul effort, saying this on MSNBC about the pending legislation:

“ ‘This bill is of the lobbyists, by the PACs and for the money.’ ”

The so-called Father of Reaganomics’s remark was not linked to any withering away of his conservative bona fides nor a shift in his party affiliation.