----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 10:05 PM Subject: Re: Opportunity costs of war
> On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:20:57 -0400, JDG wrote > > > Whether or not another project has benefits that > > exceed its costs by a greater amount, doesn't really factor into the > > analysis. > > I'm not sure if you are saying that the impact on the U.S. economy and the > poorest among us should not have been taken into consideration when making the > decision to go to war. Are you? His argument is that all one has to do is look to see if the cost/benefit ratio is less than 1. If it is, the overall impact is positive....and no further calculations are needed. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
