On the recordJune 5, 2004
Reagan didn't get a balanced budget, but he got the economy growing again, we spent money on defense and I think it's that that defeated the Soviet Union.
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transcripts.cnn.comJack Kemp: “Reagan didn't get a balanced budget, but he got the economy growing again, we spent money on defense and I think it's…”
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Kemp argues that Reagan's policies were successful in reviving the economy and contributing to the defeat of the Soviet Union.
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