(CNN) -- "Who controls the past controls the future." President Reagan's former aides say Obama's budget repudiates Reaganomics. It's a line from George Orwell's novel "1984." But it could also serve as the rallying cry for two groups battling over President Obama's ambitious domestic agenda -- and the legacy of two former presidents. Critics of Obama's proposed $3.5 trillion federal budget say he's poised to jeopardize the economic gains unleashed by President Reagan. They say he will make the same mistakes that President Lyndon B. Johnson did when he committed massive amounts of federal money to create a slew of anti-poverty programs dubbed "The Great Society."
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Clash over Obama's budget centers on America's future, and past
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Reagan aides say Obama forgets lessons of Reaganomics
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Author says Reagan raised taxes and increased size of government
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LBJ's senior aide says Johnson's Great Society was a success
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