> Thats another problem we can throw money at until it is resolved. The Russians also assumed that "throwing money" at problems, like maintaining a huge army,

> Thats another problem we can throw money at until it is resolved. The Russians also assumed that "throwing money" at problems, like maintaining a huge army, would somehow resolve them without having to actually do the nasty job of, you know, solving problems at their roots. When push came to shove, it turned out that all the money went to some place nobody knows, but the problem stayed and got even bigger.