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| | '''Operation Coffee Cup''' was a campaign during the 1950's and 1960's, with [[Ronald Reagan]] teamed up with the [[American Medical Association]] to warn citizens against the dangers of government run universal healthcare. | | '''Operation Coffee Cup''' was a campaign during the 1950's and 1960's, with [[Ronald Reagan]] teamed up with the [[American Medical Association]] to warn citizens against the dangers of government run universal healthcare. |
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| | ==Comparison with ''Encroaching Control''== | | ==Comparison with ''Encroaching Control''== |
| − | Reagan's involvement with and publicity surrounding ''Operation Coffee Cup'' made it a more well known speech than his series entitled ''[[Encroaching Control: Keep Government Poor and Remain Free|Encroaching Control]]''. For this reason, any time Reagan talked about "spending our sunset years" describing the formerly free American nation, it is often times mis-attributed. | + | Reagan's involvement with and publicity surrounding ''Operation Coffee Cup'' made it a more well known speech than his series entitled ''[[Encroaching Control: Keep Government Poor and Remain Free|Encroaching Control]]''. For this reason, any time Reagan talked about "spending our sunset years" describing the formerly free American nation, it is oftentimes mis-attributed. |
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| | '''Operation Coffee Cup:''' | | '''Operation Coffee Cup:''' |
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| | {{reflist|1}} | | {{reflist|1}} |
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| − | ==External Links== | + | ==External links== |
| | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z43NCL6Fxug Operation Coffee Cup: Ronald Reagan's Early War Against "Socialized Medicine" - AKA Medicare], [[YouTube]] | | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z43NCL6Fxug Operation Coffee Cup: Ronald Reagan's Early War Against "Socialized Medicine" - AKA Medicare], [[YouTube]] |
| | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gf9Y7UgGi0 Encroaching Control- Ronald Reagan, March 30, 1961], [[YouTube]] | | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gf9Y7UgGi0 Encroaching Control- Ronald Reagan, March 30, 1961], [[YouTube]] |
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| | [[Category:Reagan Era]] | | [[Category:Reagan Era]] |