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To: RMF who wrote (885717)9/7/2015 1:16:01 AM
From: Wharf Rat1 Recommendation

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bentway

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Did we out-spend them, or did we out-borrow them? That was the period when Raygun tripled the debt.




To: RMF who wrote (885717)9/7/2015 11:30:27 AM
From: Brumar892 Recommendations

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FJB
Greg or e

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Yes. Not only is it not ridiculous, it should be common knowledge that Reagan's military buildup played an important role in convincing the USSR it couldn't compete in an arms race and helped lead to the fall of Communism there.

.. WE would have just given up if the situation was reversed. Maybe, we had a lot of people who wanted us to give up as it was.