On Nov 4, 2008, at 10:31 AM, John Williams wrote: > On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Olin Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> The problem is that our economy has changed, and we no longer get >> the kind of "war boost" that we got during WWII. > > Alas, makes one yearn for the old days when things were simpler and a > good war could fix everything.
That would depend on whom one is. I have no such yearning. A strong economy is good, but not worth 10s of thousands of lives and destruction of cities and treasures. Rather than bombing the crap out of places and having to rebuild them (quite stimulating to the world economy though it is), we could carefully and systematically improve them. But I guess dropping a bomb in someone's house because you hate them is The Good Work of Freedom™. Building someone a better house because they need it is unwarranted government interference. Dave _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
