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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: RetiredNow who wrote (545037)1/20/2010 12:01:03 PM
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It just isn't as simple as you suggest.

I don't think you understand, for example, what happened in the Reagan years.

Reagan had determined, BEFORE he was elected, that the USSR was teetering economically and that there was a chance to end the Cold War via a military spending program. He was, of course, absolutely correct, and he set about to do just this.

The result was the end of the Cold War which actually gave Clinton a "peace dividend" to work with and which, actually, was responsible in significant part for the deficit decline of the the 90s. To make matters worse, Reagan had inherited a very much weakened military from Carter and Vietnam era depletion.

This is what is wrong with your so-called "analysis". It strongly suggests a lack of understanding and consideration of history. It really makes no sense to anyone who does understand these things.
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