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Sixty years ago Will Rogers made the remark that America was the only country in the world where you could drive to the poor house in a Cadillac. In 1990 we have realized this prophesy in the cockpit of an $800 million Stealth bomber.

The B-2 bomber is designed to seek out targets after a first nuclear strike on Soviet cities and missile silos. With deficits hitting $200-plus billion annually, we cannot afford such profligacy. Funding the ”Star Wars” missile defense system and the B-2 bomber are boondoggle leftovers of the presidency of Ronald Reagan.