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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK
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To: jlallen who wrote (29101)1/22/1999 12:03:00 PM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) of 67261
 
Secondly, the Soviet economy could not keep up with our economy.
The Soviet economy was based on HUGE industrial plants. The dawn of the information age killed them. I do credit Reagan for pushing them over the edge a bit faster than would have happened otherwise, but Reagan, like Clinton, was lucky to be President at a key time.

TP (Who thinks the Beatles and Woodstock had a lot to do with ending the Soviet Union. Afganistan was the final straw.)
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