> The problem is that our economy has changed, and we no
> longer get the kind of "war boost" that we got
> during WWII. Then, we were a heavy industrial economy and
> the massive build up of production was labor intensive and
> created millions of new jobs and massive stimulus. Now,
> both the nature of our econmy and our military is totally
> different. We don't have the massive industrial base to
> crank out tanks and airplanes at the rate we did then,
> creating all those new jobs. And our military is no longer
> structured in that way, dependent on huge amounts of
> hardware. So we can run an ongoing war (two of them
> actually) for many years and not see an increase in our
> production or our employment. If anything, now the total
> opposite is true. The wars are simply a drag on our econmy,
> funneling huge amounts of borrowed money and preventing us
> from spending on vital needs at home.
> Olin
Let's hope that will all change now, and Obama will be able to carry out his
program without being derailed by Congress... I was at the big bash last night
at the Century City Hyatt Regency, despite the heat and crowding, I had
chills...
Jon
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