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  1. Xref: sparky alt.fan.rush-limbaugh:13454 talk.politics.misc:69174
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  4. From: ivaliote@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Lotus )
  5. Subject: Re: National debt is not bad
  6. Message-ID: <C18x3G.MnE@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
  7. Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
  8. References: <93020.29146.J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM> <1993Jan20.134249.1@fnalo.fnal.gov> <1993Jan20.212215.18491@midway.uchicago.edu>
  9. Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 08:04:14 GMT
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  12. thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank) writes:
  13. >How friendly might some of those neighbors have been if we were less
  14. >powerful?  We've had a number of military conflicts with Mexico, for
  15. >instance...
  16.  
  17. Being powerful is good.  Spending yourself into oblivion to achieve that power
  18. is rather silly.  We are nearing that point, with some definite help from some
  19. big mistakes known as Social Security, pork-barreling, and New Deal programs 
  20. that were not discontinued when they were done kick-starting the country.
  21. ______________
  22. Matt Ivaliotes                a.k.a. Lotus
  23. ivaliote@ux1                lotus@uiuc 
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