(June 25, 2019 at 10:05 am)Rev. Rye Wrote: I would point out that Western Europe has been living under social democracy since the mid Forties and it’s actually worked out pretty well for them so far. And, Greece aside, the Eurozone is actually doing pretty bloody well.what world do you live in?
And that the actual stats don’t seem to line up with the “When nuclear proliferation stopped, so did Reagan’s spending” narrative. Where exactly is the decline here?
Source:https://www.thebalance.com/us-debt-by-president-by-dollar-and-percent-3306296
Ronald Reagan: Added $1.86 trillion, a 186 percent increase from the $998 billion debt at the end of Carter's last budget, FY 1981.
FY 1989 - $255 billion.
FY 1988 - $252 billion.
FY 1987 - $225 billion.
FY 1986 - $297 billion.
FY 1985 - $256 billion.
FY 1984 - $195 billion.
FY 1983 - $235 billion.
FY 1982 - $144 billion.
regans totals=ROUND UP to 2 trillion
obama= spent over 11 trillion and don't say inflation inflation would put it around 5 to 6 trillion
https://www.debtconsolidation.com/us-debt-presidents/
and the EU is failing. not even a little nor is this maybe thing.. a decade maybe two is all you get with socialism IF the countries are wealthy. it is an unsustainable model.
https://www.ccn.com/is-the-demise-of-eur...-collapse/
https://internationalman.com/articles/do...of-the-eu/
https://news.goldcore.com/uk/gold-blog/e...nder-euro/