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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: WTSherman who wrote (121306)	1/8/2001 3:17:26 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 769667

RR defeated the Soviet Union. Without a shot being fired. He used America's greatest strengths- -its economy, its flexibility, its creativity- -to hit the Soviet Union at its weakest points- -its economy, its lack of flexibility, its lack of creativity. This cost money. Basically RR engaged the SU in an arms race and they lost. Gorbachev realized the creaking command economy he had could not perform and instituted perestroika. It went out of control. It almost had to in that system. That destroyed the SU. Frankly, the result would have been cheap at double the price. It was partly because Slick did not need a large military budget that he was able to reduce the deficit.

To: WTSherman who wrote (121306)	1/8/2001 3:29:18 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 769667

WT you report the numbers but don't seem to get what was going on at the time and what impact spending well this money had. 1. Destroy the Soviet Union in a peaceful way and the technology/researh is core technology in the lasers that light information by the petabyte thoughtout the world. So to me talking about numbers as if the number in and of themselves mean something shows a lack of understanding of the pros and cons of spending or not. ToM Watson tosiwmee

To: WTSherman who wrote (121306)	1/8/2001 3:35:10 PM
From: DavesM	Respond to of 769667

According to federalbudget.com the National Debt is $5.7T. Where did you come up with 3.9 Trillion?

To: WTSherman who wrote (121306)	1/8/2001 3:57:34 PM
From: H-Man	Respond to of 769667

You say that under Bill Clinton the debt went from $4.2T to $3.9T. WRONG ! Again, false information. You are right about where it was, but the current national debt is $5.7T. publicdebt.treas.gov brillig.com

To: WTSherman who wrote (121306)	1/8/2001 4:01:01 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Yes, you are invincibly ignorant. Reagan left the US immeasurably better off at home and abroad, despite the deficits the speedthrift Dem Congress produced. He inherited a devasted economy which his policies brought back from double digit unemployment, inflation and interest rates. As for the budget, it would have been balanced under Bush had not the speedthrift Dems gone back on their promises. Clinton arrived with an economy that was growing robustly. His tax increase cut that growth but could not overwhelm the dynamic economy he inherited. Thankfully, Clinton failed at everything else he attempted, except his full-time job, which was clinging to office with the help of the stupid 43-49% of which you are no doubt a charter member. Clinton's plans had nothing to do with encouraging or producing economic growth or reducing the deficit. His plans to expand government were neutered by a GOP Congress and Greenspan. The latter provided adult supervision of the Boy-President and the former forced a balanced budget on him despite his extreme racalcitrance. Dick Morris and Woodward "The Agenda", have said as much.