Ronald Reagan actually said...

If we fail in Nicaragua we could one day face a Communist Central America spreading subversion northward and southward.

The threat that 100 million people from Panama to the open border of our South could come under the control of pro-Soviet regimes.

The additional funds are not needed in order for the FAA to meet capacity and safety needs of national priority.

Statism and socialism are now on the defensive, even in the Communist world.