Reaganomics produced the biggest expansion to the American military to date, that money had to have come from somewhere. I personally feel the Clinton era was the most financially stable period for American growth, but that is just a personal observation not based in any fact.

I am Wrath, I am Steel, I am the Mercy of Angels.
mors est merces mea – death is my reward
morte in vitam non habet tenaci - Death has no grip on Life.
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