-=> MATT MUNSON wrote to ALL <=-

 MM> Here is a useful quote from soneone I know:

 MM> "Something that I noticed. Four periods in the 20th century where we
 MM> had the best economic growth. The Coolidge years, the Eisenhower years,
 MM> the Reagan years and the Clinton years. What was not happening during
 MM> those years? The country wasn't really at war during most of the time.
 MM> Coolidge and Reagan kept us out of war (sorry by 7 days in Grenada
 MM> doesn't really count). Eisenhower's second term was a time between the
 MM> Korean and Vietnam wars. Clinton took us to the Balkans but it wasn't a
 MM> large invasion or occupation.

 MM> During those peacetimes the economy expanded greatly. Even in the case
 MM> of Coolidge and Reagan who inherited weak economies. War definitely
 MM> sucks the life out of economies and doesn't make recovery easier."
 MM> -Aaron Alghawi


And water is wet and fire is hot.  :)  Yet we love the role of the world cop. 
I bet we have more military overseas than any other nation.  AFAIK we still
have a big force down in Venezuela figthing the drug cartels.  Jeeze, what a
lost cause that one is...

But it is jobs, and we do shrink the military, what do we do with those guys?


 
  

  
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