way the ussr fell apart?fighting the afgans
2007-10-29 08:00:04 · 9 answers · asked by john doe 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
You hit that on the head, and look what happened to Russia when the bills could not be paid.
2007-10-29 08:03:30 · answer #1 · answered by bgee2001ca 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
There is no evidence to show that the financial situation in the US has come anywhere near insolvency.
In fact, our financial position is improving.
(The USSR did not "fall" or go bankrupt, either. What they did was take a few years in the chin and then reformed their government. Ever since taking on freer markets and offloading some of their territories, they have improved their economy.)
2007-10-29 15:09:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
no. The cost of the war is a very small part of the American GNP. And no, the ussr didn't fall apart because of the war they had with afghanistan. Ronald Reagan correctly figured out that trying to match our Star Wars program--would bankrupt the Soviets.
2007-10-29 15:04:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
No, and no. The USSR fell about due to the pressures of trying to keep up with the US in military spending and bankrupted themselves. See Reagan and Star Wars, and him walking away form the table in Iceland.
2007-10-29 15:02:33 · answer #4 · answered by booman17 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
We are at an all time high for revenue. The economy is cranking. Business is encouraged by the fact that the US is taking a stand against terror for a change. Business has seen that the country is capable of absorbing the worst thing that could possibly happen to the economy namely the destruction of its heart in lower manhattan.
The soviet union collapsed under the weight of the arms race. They didn't need an arms race to fight in Afghanistan against flint lock rifles and molotov cocktails.
2007-10-29 15:06:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Hell no. Our economy is booming and we've created jobs positively for 35 straight months. That's the first time in history that this has happened. Libs just continue the doom and gloom philosophy by skewing facts to try and convince people to vote dem...
2007-10-29 15:05:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
We're not bankrupt....well not any more than we were before.... But we're just in debt to the Chinese for the next 100 years or so because that is where the financing for the war is coming from.
2007-10-29 15:03:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Its not the war in Iraq, it is the corrupt financial system (not capitalism, which is great, its the FED)
2007-10-29 15:32:18 · answer #8 · answered by subguy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, and no.
2007-10-29 15:03:11 · answer #9 · answered by You are all, weirdos. 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋