Quote (Black XistenZ @ Jul 31 2019 06:30pm)
him forcing the soviet union to keep spending spending spending on the arms race although they were already spread thin effectively dealt them the economic death blow and ended the cold war.
Borisov Yeltsen and Radio Free Europe was more influential than RR in ending the Soviet Union.
When Bush was interviewed about it later, after being CIA spymaster and Vice President, he said it was very internally driven and they just needed to stand back because if the push to dissolve was felt to be American manipulation it would have failed.
Yeltsin survived a full military coup in the process.
RR grew federal spending on government exponentially. Obama was more fiscally conservative although they were similar in terms of economics. If you're a fan around Reagan economically than also fan of Barack Obama. Obama ran QE3 for his whole administration.
This post was edited by Skinned on Jul 31 2019 04:36pm