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Old 08-08-11, 10:19 PM   #30
Torvald Von Mansee
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Originally Posted by Oberon View Post
Not wishing to speak ill of the guy, since I'm a big fan of Reagan...however is it not possible that the great American debt crisis that is happening now had its origins in the massive defence budget of the Reagan era?

I mean, yes, it bankrupted the Soviets in the short term...but now it's bankrupting America.
If we won the Cold War, why hasn't our military spending gone down?

I think Dwight David Eisenhower would have an opinion on this..
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