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Things are really in a bad way, Tom, when one of my least-favorite politicians ever, Ronald Reagan, appears to be a paragon of rationality next to his GOP comrades today.<br><br><font style="" color="#8064a2"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><font style="" face="Verdana">Keely<br>www.keely-prevailingwinds.com<br></font></font></font><br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: thansen@moscow.com<br>Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 14:06:04 -0800<br>To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>Subject: [Vision2020] Say What?<br><br><div></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10px;line-height:17px"><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:45px;font-size:1.3em">"…the United states could be forced to default on its obligations for the first time in its history.</p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:45px;font-size:1.3em">This country now possesses the strongest credit in the world. The full consequence of a default--or even the serious prospect of default--by the United States are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate….The risks, the costs, the disruptions, and the incalculable damage lead me to but one conclusion: the Senate must pass this legislation before the Congress adjourns."</p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:45px;font-size:1.3em"><br></p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:45px;font-size:1.3em">- President Ronald Reagan in a letter (November 16, 1983) to then-Majority Leader Senator Howard Baker</p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:45px;font-size:1.3em"><br></p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:45px;font-size:1.3em"><a href="http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/Peter-Fenn/2011/05/19/reagan-explains-why-raising-the-debt-ceiling-is-necessary" target="_blank">http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/Peter-Fenn/2011/05/19/reagan-explains-why-raising-the-debt-ceiling-is-necessary</a><br></p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:45px;font-size:1.3em"><br></p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:45px;font-size:1.3em"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/r/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2011/05/14/National-Politics/Graphics/reagan_letter_0514.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/r/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2011/05/14/National-Politics/Graphics/reagan_letter_0514.pdf</a><br></p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:45px;font-size:1.3em"><br></p></span><div>Seeya later, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Spokane, Washington</div><div><br></div><div>"If not us, who?</div><div>If not now, when?"</div><div><br></div><div>- Unknown</div></div><br>=======================================================
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