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To: JohnM who wrote (10950)	11/20/2001 12:23:41 PM
From: Rollcast...	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

3 responses from you to his post in 3 minutes and he needs to calm down?

To: JohnM who wrote (10950)	11/20/2001 5:32:14 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi John, There's some really simple math that is too much for some contributors. During the 1980's the U.S. suffered some of the worst Federal budget deficits of our nation's history, wars excepted. Leaving us with $7 Trillion national debt and a grossly overbuilt military. Cf. William Greider's "Fortress America". amazon.com During the Clinton era, a time of peace, the nation intelligently scaled back it's military procurement and manpower. The only sensible thing to do. The net result was the budget surpluses of recent years. I think that is the course a wise nation ought to take. It is ironic, but what those who would ramp up military spending hope to do is to feather their own nest, while the rest of the nation is left with a useless and pointless debt burden that diminishes the strength of the democratic and private portion of our nation to the benefit of a very special interest. Best, Ray