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From: bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein)
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Subject: Re: Re: A new call for ignorance
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Date: Fri, 3-Oct-86 16:52:23 EDT
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>Also the straight division diverts one from the truth, which is
>that Reagan's primary concern seems not to be with the dying,
>but with the loss of productivity suffered by American industry.
>	Joe Yao		hadron!jsdy@seismo.{CSS.GOV,ARPA,UUCP}

Someone else on the net claimed that the loss of productivity was
estimated at something like $4-5B, I don't know if that's accurate,
but if it's even ball-park it seems spending $3B+ to fight that is a
little strange, we could practically just buy the productivity back in
cash. Of course, Reagan, for all his braggadaccio about his war on
drugs has in fact cut spending on fighting the problem in recent
years, his claimed increment only replaces part of what he cut a few
years back.

No, it seems to me that it's just those damn conservatives with all
their fat-cat spending programs which are driving us to the worst
deficits in history, can't wait till we get a few liberals in office
and get back to some fiscal sanity...(oh heavens Barry, that's not
what the audience has been brainwashed to accept, you'll be flamed
now for sure! nope, no smileys, the facts speak for themselves.)

	-Barry Shein, Boston University