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The problem with this defense spending doesn't count claim, as applied to Reagan, is that you are attempting to bring a seperate and unrelated discussion - that of the validity of said defense spending - into a discussion which has nothing to do with validity of spending.
I could claim all social and humanitarian spending is vital and should therefore be thrown out of the equation. I don't have exact figures, but I'm sure you would agree that Democrats have assuredly spent far more money in those areas.
We can't cherry pick what is "good" spending and what is just plain old spending in a discussion about who spends more.
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