re: collapse of C.C.C.P........................

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Alan G. Archer — 6/12/2004 4:56:40 PM (archived)

Publius wrote:

In short, any and everything to avoid taxes. Evolved to the extent that the 50% of tax paying enterprises had to carry the burden for 100% of the costs of government-and government was overspending because of their expansionist programs.

I'm no expert on this, but in my opinion the Soviet Union actually died in the late 1960's when their secret manned lunar program failed. Overextended, the highly bureaucratic Soviets simply did not have the resouces and personnel to devote to their manned lunar program and they were not able to equal or surpass the triumphant American Apollo Program.

After twenty years of decline, stagnation, irrelevancy and the pressure to compete with the West, Gorbachev came along and had the nerve to turn off the lights.

Was the Soviet Union a fast-burning Ottoman Empire?

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Gorbachev - We all lost the Cold War, particularly the USA and the USSR. - Bowser - 6/12/2004 3:49:39 AM
- Loosing it would have been an all out nuclear war. - REB - 6/14/2004 2:16:38 PM
- The losses are incalculable - S - 6/14/2004 3:58:43 AM
- Losers always call for a tie. - ebnelson - 6/13/2004 3:40:20 AM
- collapse of C.C.C.P........................ - Publius - 6/12/2004 12:29:32 PM
  - re: collapse of C.C.C.P........................ - Alan G. Archer - 6/12/2004 4:56:40 PM
    - collapse of C.C.C.P........................ - Publius - 6/13/2004 9:18:55 PM
- Some more comment on this - Tom Brosz - 6/12/2004 5:41:55 AM
  - Hey, when I look and see........ - Publius - 6/13/2004 9:24:06 PM
- Gorby is absolutely right - Buck Galaxy - 6/12/2004 5:07:34 AM
  - should say "never happened" (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 6/12/2004 8:04:40 AM
- "We contend that the strategy of deterrence prolonged the Cold War and helped to extend the life of communism in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union"--- How so? (n/t) - RobVG - 6/12/2004 4:25:16 AM
  - Oh, that's easy. - Tom Brosz - 6/12/2004 4:49:54 AM
    - 24 used @ $4.13 (n/t) - RobVG - 6/12/2004 5:04:35 AM
      - Must be getting late--that one slid past me. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/12/2004 5:21:36 AM
        
        NOT WORTH MUCH (n/t) - RobVG - 6/12/2004 5:30:21 AM
        
        Value of "We all lost the Cold War" at Amazon. (Was it that obscure?) (n/t) - RobVG - 6/12/2004 5:27:58 AM
        
        LOL...you, my friend, are truly a man of the Internet age... (n/t) - McFly - 6/14/2004 2:52:18 PM
    - 24 used @ $4.13 (n/t) - RobVG - 6/12/2004 5:04:07 AM
- That has got to be the biggest pantload I've heard all week. - Tom Brosz - 6/12/2004 4:14:10 AM
  - We both read the same book, by day and by night....... - Publius - 6/13/2004 9:46:19 PM
  - Didn't say "tie". Said everyone lost. Which is true. - Bowser - 6/12/2004 5:53:25 PM
    - Central players - Tom Brosz - 6/12/2004 9:34:15 PM

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