Achievements of the Reagan Administration
The naivete inherent in some of the letters (Jan. 11) on “The Reagan Legacy” is difficult to understand.
These myopic bleeding-hearts deplore the size of the defense budget because it reduces the funds available for such social programs as hot lunches for schoolchildren, more food stamps, aid to the poor, subsidies for farmers who gambled on land and lost, as well as grants and retraining for steel workers and auto workers who priced themselves out of the labor market.
Just how long can they think these ostensibly worthwhile programs would last if we were faced with an overwhelming military presence; perhaps on our southern border?
Defense is, and should be, the first priority because without a strong defense all of our domestic activities are irrelevant.
GEORGE H. McCUTCHEON
Los Angeles
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