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In article <D03AD2.KHs@mcdata.com>, Yabba Dabba Dude <fredw@mcdata.com> wrote:
> dnh@mfltd.co.uk (Des Herriott) writes:
>William_Mosco@vos.stratus.com (Bill M.) writes:
>lewis@lumina.mitre.org (Keith Lewis) writes:
>>fredw@mcdata.com (Yabba Dabba Dude) wrote:

>>[ what great things did Reagan achieve? ]
>>
>>>* Greatest economic expansion since WWII.   FACT
>
>  Bill>Without trying to balance the government's budget; an unlikely thing
>  Bill>to come out of a republican white house.
>  Bill>his was a first, and out of the norm when dealing with government
>  Bill>and economics; it was irrational.
>
>Reagan has the best record of economic indicators for ALL 
>post-war Presidents.  Boy, I see your point, this is irrational!

BFD.  Making the economy _look_ good by borrowing $3,000,000,000,000
and distributing it among the already wealthy is no great trick.  You
can do the same.  Just run up your credit cards.  Of course, the bill
will come due eventually.  In the case of the national debt, it's
now about $20,000 per person.  This year about $1000 of your tax
dollars will do nothing but pay interest on that debt.

>>>* Restored military strength & morale.   FACT
>
>   Bill>Restored it?  How?  We were a superpower before he went into office.
>        One failed mission in Iran doesn't mean the whole military was
>        weak.
>
>I didn't say our military was weak.  If you do some research you will see that 
>by the end of Carter's term:  1) public confidence in the military had dropped,
>and 2) the military confidence in its Commander-in-Chief had dropped.  You can
>try to ignore the facts, but Reagan's leadership and boost in military spending 
>clearly improved both military morale and public confidence.

And we can still see how confident people are in the nation's economy.
As I said before, you can make people feel good by just borrowing lots
of money and giving it to them.

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