sangha
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If you would care to respond to what I said, then do so. If you would like to respond to voices echoing in your own head, then why quote me?
1. Not every criticism is stiken moot. He did that whole Contra thing and he did raise taxes and blah, blah, blah. Who cares? Were you there?
When Carter left office, the word on the street was that the USA was finished. The Japanese were taking over and we were a footnote in history. No international respect, no ideas, no passion and no future. Plenty of rust and plenty of bloat.
When Reagan left office, the USA was the pre eminent Super Power and was poised to reconstruct the economy of the world using computers.
2. Reagan did not cut defense spending. By uping the ante in the weapons race, the Russians had to cash out their chips. When Reagan talked about the SDI, the Russians thought it was ready to deploy.
How does"ushered in the era of" and "cut" translate as synonomous in your language?
1) The caller didn't criticize Regan, The caller asked why wingnuts support a president who gave amnesty to illegals, cut and run in Lebanon, raised taxes and negotiated with terrorists. Election results don't make the question moot. The only thing you did is render yourself mute when it comes to answering the question
That's because wingnuts are scared of the answer. That's why you won't answer the question either
2) There haven't been any cuts to the miliatary. The "Peace Dividend" you referred to never materialized. Your claims of military cuts are a fiction
Not even fiction. He increased the size of the military by about 30% as I recall. When Clinton came in, and the cold war no longer such a threat, he reduced it back by the same 30% to where it was. Of course Clinton has since been accused of "gutting" the military. Go figure.
If wingnuts didn't lie, they'd have nothing to say
U.S. Military Spending, 1946–2009 — Infoplease.com
WHen Reagan came into office in 1980, the military budget was at $303.4B. Reagans last budget (FY1989) the budget was $427.7B, almost 50% more.
When GHW Bush came into office the budget was 427.7B. In his last budget, it was $358.6, a cut of about 15%
Clinton started at $358.6B and his last budget was $307.8B which is about another 15%