Word: buildups
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...next day, however, the House promptly rebuffed any interpretation that it was opposed to the general thrust of the President's record arms buildup. It shouted down attempts to eliminate $3.9 billion for production of the B-1 strategic bomber and $3.5 billion for one of two new nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. It passed the $231 billion defense appropriations bill for fiscal 1983, $48 billion more than this year's military outlays, but $18 billion less than Reagan wanted...
...most evil is swollen, all-intrusive Big Government. It must be cut down, by deregulation and slashes in social spending and, above a11, by reducing taxes. Abroad, the source of very nearly all evil is the aggressive and expanding Soviet Union, which must be faced down by a rapid buildup in the armed might...
...those who share his principles. Those conservative principles now have by far their most effective spokesman ever in Reagan, whose theatrics have been brilliant. But his grasp on the substance of his responsibilities is much less secure, and he threatens to push his principles to an extreme. A military buildup faster than the country can afford, combined with tax cuts so deep they produce staggering deficits, could lead to total economic stagnation. This, in turn, could discredit the whole conservative agenda. If that happens, Ronald Reagan risks having his current term eventually regarded as an aberrational interlude in American politics...
Rearmament. Reagan promised a rapid buildup in U.S. military might and he has more than kept his word. The military budget is scheduled to total $1.6 trillion in the five fiscal years that began after he took office, and outlays are now rising 12% a year, by some calculations, after adjustment for inflation. This is faster than even the 5% increase Reagan targeted during the campaign. Whether the buildup is going too rapidly in light of the enormous budget deficits will be one of the most explosive controversies of the second half of the President's term...
Tsypkin: There is really no reason for Andropov to embark on a policy of cutting defense spending. The risks inherent are considerable for him personally because he would undermine the successes in foreign policy that Brezhnev enjoyed. Those successes were based on the buildup of Soviet military might. At the same time he would undermine foreign policy, he would undermine his support in the military...Also, it would take a very long time to turn the Soviet economy around. Meanwhile, what would you do with the millions of people engaged in military production? Moreover, it is my impression that...