Re: The Sad Legacy of Ronald Reagan

"What did bring down the USSR? Its demise was inevitable, but the timing was brought on by the collapse of oil and other commodity prices after 1980. Reagan's excellent rhetoric (like, "Mr. Gorbachev, take down this wall!", and calling the USSR an "evil empire") did add some important psychological impetus. It was important for the slaves in the communist world to see somebody, finally, calling a spade a spade. But the USSR would have collapsed anyway. Just as the Chinese would have free-marketized anyway, simply because people can ignore reality for only so long. "
-- Doug Casey

At 11:04 PM 2/5/2011, you wrote:

"What makes you believe your economic policies are working?"

"Because they don't call it Reagenomics anymore" - Ronald Reagan

I tend to agree with your economics point, so I guess ending the
Soviet strangulation of 1/2 of Europe and 2/3 of Asia will have to
suffice.

Happy birthday Dutch.  We are having the Superbowl this year in honor
of your hundreth.  Big parties at our national airport and CVN-76 too.

Oh, and that handsome statue in the Rotunda.

Rough legacy

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