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To: Mr. K

I took that snip from Brietbart but I believe it was in response to the MJ piece.

I wish Paul would have also mentioned that Reagan spent building back up or neglected military.
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Throughout President Reagan’s two terms (1981-1989), military spending was very high; however, he was able to accomplish it without breaking out into an economic sweat. Reagan’s administration managed it while enjoying noticeably positive growth u0097 albeit with massive budget deficits

*snip*
The Reagan administration managed to keep America out of a major war for nearly a decade u0097 but with several scary nuclear close calls. Much of the nation’s current firepower is a legacy of the Reagan years.

A very strong military helps keep that peace that I and others love so much, so that we don’t find ourselves forced to fight nasty wars or have anybody on our shores shooting.

We’re starting to shrink too much and slack. I don’t care how broke we are—cut other places and clean up the waste.

It won’t matter if all our bills are paid but we’ve left the doors to our house wide open, in a bad neighborhood, whilst we’re off to working to keep all the beautiful stuff in our unprotected home.

We will have only worked hard to let others take our stuff.


55 posted on 04/23/2014 1:55:00 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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To: Irenic

oops—link to my snips
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1957.html


57 posted on 04/23/2014 1:59:50 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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