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To: Scumbria who wrote (143788)5/8/2001 5:04:45 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
1) A good deal of the spending came from Democratic Congresses;
2) I already said that the Cold War changed the conservative attitude towards international commitments. They are still not fond of a large military for its own sake;
3) It is a far cry from having a fairly large government to having a police state.



To: Scumbria who wrote (143788)5/8/2001 5:06:05 PM
From: SecularBull  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769670
 
In pure dollar amounts, per capita, or as a percentage of GDP???

That's quite a general statement!!

~SB~


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