How the Iraq War Destroyed the US Economy »
Posted By berkeley 3 months ago in Political Opinion
Wars reduce the GDP, destroy jobs, reduce productivity, and increase the trade deficit! If wars are 'bad' for the economy, then how are they sold so easily?
As I have maintained for years --military spending is a waste. Millions spent building a tank, for example, is money sucked down a black hole. The tank returns nothing on the investment and will, inevitably, be blown up! We could just throw our dollars upon a heap, set fire to them, and cut out the middle man!
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If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. Of all the enemies to public ...
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