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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
but we got something for it
end of cold war
employment
berlin wall came down
and a few other things
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I always assumed that the Berlin wall came down after the Soviet Union could no
longer afford to maintain the situation. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan coupled
with the US grain embargo(imposed by Jimmy Carter) both starved and financially ruined
the Soviet Union until it finally collapsed and thus ending the cold war.
But hey, if you'd like to credit Reagan's "Evil Empire speech" for doing all that then....ok.
Oh yeah, Regan deregulated the stock market and banking and the market
has been crashing every few years since. Can you say "World financial crisis" with
a straight face while applauding(Regan) probably the dumbest fucking president to ever
live besides Bush #2?
Bush #1 followed Regan and almost immediately did the unprecedented move of
extending unemployment benefits to double it's length and even extended it again
because of massive unemployment.
Oh how quick a Republican can forget.
What a joke.