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{{Tapped Out Quest
|name = The New Old New Deal
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|level = 5
|update = {{TOCU2|Itchy & Scratchy Land|July 4th 2018}}
|requirements = [[Ronald Reagan Reeducation Center]]
|characters = [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Lisa]], {{TOCG|Republican}}s
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'''The New Old New Deal''' is a premium questline in ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]''. It was introduced in the {{TOCU2|Itchy & Scratchy Land|July 4th 2018}} part of the {{TOCU|Itchy & Scratchy Land}} content update. It requires the [[Ronald Reagan Reeducation Center]] to be obtained.

== Dialogue ==
=== Pt. 1 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Ronald Reagan's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
{{TB|In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our-}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|WHAT THE… WHERE AM I?! WHAT BLEAK COMMUNIST HELLHOLE IS THIS?}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon}}
{{TB|Uh… no, you're in America, Mr. President. Springfield, to be exact. You see, every 4th of July a past President gets transported here through a wormhole. A wormhole is a rip in the fabric-}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
{{TB|-of space-time predicted by General Relativity. Yes, yes, I'm familiar with Einstein-Rosen bridges, little girl.}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon}}
{{TB|Really? I didn't know you were up on your theoretical physics. Sort of flies in the face of your public image.}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
{{TB|Right, right, the whole lovable grampa, “Great Communicator” thing. A facade, I assure you.}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
{{TB|Let me do some back-of-the-envelope mathematical calculations…I'd say the year is roughly 2018?}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|Wow. I'm impressed.}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|And how is my beloved America doing in 2018?}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Embarrassed}}
{{TB|Oh, pretty great, pretty great.}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|That bad, huh? Okay, tell me everything.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Lisa Explain Modern Politics|4 hours|the [[Simpson House]]}}<br>{{Task/Job|Make Ronald Reagan Listen Dumbfounded|4 hours|the [[Simpson House]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|Great Scott! What have you people done to America?!}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Sad}}
{{TB|Okay, get a grip, Gipper. You can fix this.}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Curious}}
{{TB|It's hard to see what one single, solitary man can do.}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
{{TB|Oh yeah? Watch this.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 2 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Ronald Reagan's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
{{TB|I'll gather the greatest minds in this town and scare them straight.}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Republicans, assemble!}}
{{THT|{{Task/JobMulti|Make {{TOCG|Republican}}s Gather for a Meeting|8 hours|the [[Ronald Reagan Reeducation Center]], [[Squidport Entrance]], [[Brown House]], or [[Simpson House]]|3}}<br>{{Task/Job|Make Ronald Reagan Berate Republicans|8 hours|the [[Ronald Reagan Reeducation Center]], [[Squidport Entrance]], [[Brown House]], or [[Simpson House]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Shocked}}
{{TB|Ronald Reagan!}}
{{Tapped Out Dr. Hibbert Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|The patron saint of tax cuts!}}
{{Tapped Out The Rich Texan Icon}}
{{TB|The man who defeated communism!}}
{{Tapped Out Krusty Icon|Pained}}
{{TB|I can't look… I can't look… he's too beautiful…}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Oh, get off your knees. You're all a disgrace to The Plan.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon}}
{{TB|What “The Plan”?}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|I have to do everything…}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 3 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Ronald Reagan's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|You mean to tell me the top tax rate is roughly what it was when I left office? It should be zero by now! Idiots!}}
{{Tapped Out Dr. Hibbert Icon}}
{{TB|Well, income inequality is the highest it's been in decades! That's good, right?}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
{{TB|Can it, Julius! We've got to funnel ever more money to the wealthy. Can't you see?}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon}}
{{TB|The whole “trickle-down economy” idea. It's a beautiful vision, to be sure.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon}}
{{TB|I love the idea of me having so much money I can't possibly carry it all. Then, oops! A penny has fallen from atop my pile…}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Diabolical}}
{{TB|…and is found by a starving urchin, who buys a crust of stale bread, and so survives another day. Beautiful.}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Trickle-down was a smokescreen, moron. The money was never intended to go anywhere but up the food chain. It's the only way!}}
{{Tapped Out The Rich Texan Icon}}
{{TB|The only way to… what?}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|To bring about… the Revolution!}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|...}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
{{TB|I'll talk to the people. They always got me.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Ronald Reagan Address the Nation|8 hours}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon}}
{{TB|I may not agree with the message, but the dude is WICKED charming. You gotta give him that.}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon}}
{{TB|Nice speech, Mr. President. What are you working on, there?}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
{{TB|My latest invention. It's like a beer bong, but for money.}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|I'll give them to the top .01%. They'll be able to take in tons more cash, way faster. Cool, huh?}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Grossed Out}}
{{TB|Ewww.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 4 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Mr. Burns' exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon}}
{{TB|Surely, Mr. President, you can't keep cutting taxes forever?}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
{{TB|We have no choice. It's the only way to bring about the arrival of The One.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Ah, of course! Wait… what?}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
{{TB|The lower taxes get, the more concentrated money becomes. Until that glorious day when a single person has all the money. This is The One.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon}}
{{TB|And who shall this mighty One be? Are you accepting applications?}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
{{TB|Well, I was originally thinking [[Warren Buffett]]. Is he still around?}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Disgusted}}
{{TB|Yes, but he's gone soft. Gives a lot of money to… this is hard to say… charity. *horrified shudder*}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
{{TB|Okay, he's out. We'll keep looking.}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Ronald Reagan Promote New Tax Plan|4 hours}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon}}
{{TB|Once The One has all the money, what then?}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
{{TB|Then everyone else gets to live in a world without money. Nothing to own. Nobody having power over anyone else.}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Utopia, my brother.}}
{{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Shocked}}
{{TB|Good Lord! Is our sainted Gipper a… dirty hippie?}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
{{TB|I'm not really into “labels”, chief.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
}}

=== Pt. 5 ===
{{Table|
{{THT|After tapping on Lisa's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon}}
{{TB|Wow, Mr. President. When did you come up with this whole plan to put an end to money?}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
{{TB|I was a precocious 12-year-old scholar, completing my dual concentration in astrophysics and economics at [[Harvard]].}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Curious}}
{{TB|So your whole career, all the acting and everything, was a ploy to reach the [[White House]]?}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Correct. And ugh, did I hate [[Hollywood]]. Way too conservative for me.}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Curious}}
{{TB|Do you really think The Plan has a shot?}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
{{TB|I've run the numbers, Lisa. And either The One comes to being, or humanity destroys itself by 2031.}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Surprised}}
{{TB|If I can't make this happen, we're doomed!}}
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Ronald Reagan Stress Eat Jellybeans|12 hours|the [[Ronald Reagan Reeducation Center]], [[Squidport Entrance]], [[Brown House]], or [[Simpson House]]}}|colspan=2}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Hey, they named an airport after me. Cool.}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon}}
{{TB|Mr. President, I want to help in any way I can. Tell me what to do.}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
{{TB|See if you can find me a t-shirt with “Reagan National Airport” on it.}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon}}
{{TB|Uh… sure! But I really meant I'd like to help save the world.}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Oh, no need! That's the good news. I re-ran the numbers. Turns out this {{Ch|Donald Trump|Trump}} guy has everything under control.}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Confused}}
{{TB|Wait, no. That can't be.}}
{{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Happy}}
{{TB|Yup, the man's a genius. His economic theories are light years ahead of my own. Dude's playing 20-dimensional chess.}}
{{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Annoyed}}
{{TB|Oh. Of course. I… I should have known.}}
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|200}} and {{XP|20}}|colspan=2}}
}}

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 {{TB|In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our-}}
 {{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Surprised}}
-{{TB|WHAT THE… WHERE AM I?! WHAT BLEAK COMMUNIST HELLHOLE IS THIS?}}
+{{TB|WHAT THE... WHERE AM I?! WHAT BLEAK COMMUNIST HELLHOLE IS THIS?}}
 {{Tapped Out Lisa Icon}}
-{{TB|Uh… no, you're in America, Mr. President. Springfield, to be exact. You see, every 4th of July a past President gets transported here through a wormhole. A wormhole is a rip in the fabric-}}
+{{TB|Uh... no, you're in America, Mr. President. Springfield, to be exact. You see, every 4th of July a past President gets transported here through a wormhole. A wormhole is a rip in the fabric-}}
 {{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
 {{TB|-of space-time predicted by General Relativity. Yes, yes, I'm familiar with Einstein-Rosen bridges, little girl.}}
@@ Line 29: / Line 29: @@
 {{TB|Really? I didn't know you were up on your theoretical physics. Sort of flies in the face of your public image.}}
 {{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
-{{TB|Right, right, the whole lovable grampa, “Great Communicator” thing. A facade, I assure you.}}
+{{TB|Right, right, the whole lovable grampa, "Great Communicator" thing. A facade, I assure you.}}
 {{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
-{{TB|Let me do some back-of-the-envelope mathematical calculations…I'd say the year is roughly 2018?}}
+{{TB|Let me do some back-of-the-envelope mathematical calculations...I'd say the year is roughly 2018?}}
 {{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Confused}}
 {{TB|Wow. I'm impressed.}}
@@ Line 67: / Line 67: @@
 {{TB|The man who defeated communism!}}
 {{Tapped Out Krusty Icon|Pained}}
-{{TB|I can't look… I can't look… he's too beautiful…}}
+{{TB|I can't look... I can't look... he's too beautiful...}}
 {{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Annoyed}}
 {{TB|Oh, get off your knees. You're all a disgrace to The Plan.}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon}}
-{{TB|What “The Plan”?}}
+{{TB|What "The Plan"?}}
 {{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Annoyed}}
-{{TB|I have to do everything…}}
+{{TB|I have to do everything...}}
 {{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
 }}
@@ Line 87: / Line 87: @@
 {{TB|Can it, Julius! We've got to funnel ever more money to the wealthy. Can't you see?}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon}}
-{{TB|The whole “trickle-down economy” idea. It's a beautiful vision, to be sure.}}
+{{TB|The whole "trickle-down economy" idea. It's a beautiful vision, to be sure.}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon}}
-{{TB|I love the idea of me having so much money I can't possibly carry it all. Then, oops! A penny has fallen from atop my pile…}}
+{{TB|I love the idea of me having so much money I can't possibly carry it all. Then, oops! A penny has fallen from atop my pile...}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Diabolical}}
-{{TB|…and is found by a starving urchin, who buys a crust of stale bread, and so survives another day. Beautiful.}}
+{{TB|...and is found by a starving urchin, who buys a crust of stale bread, and so survives another day. Beautiful.}}
 {{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Annoyed}}
 {{TB|Trickle-down was a smokescreen, moron. The money was never intended to go anywhere but up the food chain. It's the only way!}}
 {{Tapped Out The Rich Texan Icon}}
-{{TB|The only way to… what?}}
+{{TB|The only way to... what?}}
 {{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Happy}}
-{{TB|To bring about… the Revolution!}}
+{{TB|To bring about... the Revolution!}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Annoyed}}
 {{TB|...}}
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 {{TB|We have no choice. It's the only way to bring about the arrival of The One.}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Annoyed}}
-{{TB|Ah, of course! Wait… what?}}
+{{TB|Ah, of course! Wait... what?}}
 {{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
 {{TB|The lower taxes get, the more concentrated money becomes. Until that glorious day when a single person has all the money. This is The One.}}
@@ Line 132: / Line 132: @@
 {{TB|Well, I was originally thinking [[Warren Buffett]]. Is he still around?}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Disgusted}}
-{{TB|Yes, but he's gone soft. Gives a lot of money to… this is hard to say… charity. *horrified shudder*}}
+{{TB|Yes, but he's gone soft. Gives a lot of money to... this is hard to say... charity. {{*}}horrified shudder{{*}}}}
 {{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
 {{TB|Okay, he's out. We'll keep looking.}}
@@ Line 143: / Line 143: @@
 {{TB|Utopia, my brother.}}
 {{Tapped Out Mr. Burns Icon|Shocked}}
-{{TB|Good Lord! Is our sainted Gipper a… dirty hippie?}}
+{{TB|Good Lord! Is our sainted Gipper a... dirty hippie?}}
 {{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
-{{TB|I'm not really into “labels”, chief.}}
+{{TB|I'm not really into "labels", chief.}}
 {{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}
 }}
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 {{TB|Mr. President, I want to help in any way I can. Tell me what to do.}}
 {{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon}}
-{{TB|See if you can find me a t-shirt with “Reagan National Airport” on it.}}
+{{TB|See if you can find me a t-shirt with "Reagan National Airport" on it.}}
 {{Tapped Out Lisa Icon}}
-{{TB|Uh… sure! But I really meant I'd like to help save the world.}}
+{{TB|Uh... sure! But I really meant I'd like to help save the world.}}
 {{Tapped Out Ronald Reagan Icon|Happy}}
 {{TB|Oh, no need! That's the good news. I re-ran the numbers. Turns out this {{Ch|Donald Trump|Trump}} guy has everything under control.}}
@@ Line 182: / Line 182: @@
 {{TB|Yup, the man's a genius. His economic theories are light years ahead of my own. Dude's playing 20-dimensional chess.}}
 {{Tapped Out Lisa Icon|Annoyed}}
-{{TB|Oh. Of course. I… I should have known.}}
+{{TB|Oh. Of course. I... I should have known.}}
 {{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|200}} and {{XP|20}}|colspan=2}}
 }}