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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: koan who wrote (68661)	4/27/2018 2:16:56 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 356371

>> Relevant when we are discussing what Reagan should have spent that money on!! Ending the Cold War, lots of it. Which most Americans considered one of the top two or three problems of that era.

To: koan who wrote (68661)	4/27/2018 2:19:55 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 356371

Relevant when we are discussing what Reagan should have spent that money on!! Which wasn't the discussion we were having. I was replying to your assertion that the debt was all about defense spending and "tax cuts for the rich". Even then, and much more so as time goes on, a large part of it was entitlements. You could argue that entitlements should have increased twice as fast if you want but even if that idea is actually accepted, it still doesn't change the point that tons of money went there.