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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica?
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To: Zoltan! who wrote (12729)4/2/1998 5:22:00 PM
From: Sam  Read Replies (2) of 20981
 
Go read David Stockman's book, The Triumph of Politics. Then talk about these things: "We all recognize Reagan would have done better had he had a Republican Congress, thanks for reminding us all. But you should also be reminded that Reagan Era deficits were TINY TINY TINY in comparison with Franklin Deficit Roosevelt's." Reagan's deficits were unnecessary, if he and his crew had been honest about what was going on. And if they hadn't given the military far more than was even requested (as Stockman himself admits).

Also--although I say this with trepidation, because I don't really want to get into an argument over it--the Soviet Union by the 80s was a straw man, the "hollow men" that ended with a "whimper". It is absurd to repeat--as so many Republicans have--that it ended because of Reagan's defense buildup. Their model of central planning was incredibly corrupt and inept. Like almost every government that goes down, they did it to themselves.
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