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[ellisonz]

87. Keep drowning.

If World War II had not happened, and the U.S. had kept up the New Deal instead of backsliding in 1937, the economy would have rebounded just the same. Stimulus works!

That massive infrastructure DID NOT exist before the war as I correctly stated. It was built during, and in most part finished, after the war.

So your logic is that the U.S. didn't have an extensive highway system until the Interstate Highway System? - Also, I think you're forgetting the extent of the railroad system.



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How did we ever beat the Nazis and the Empire of Japan without the Interstate Highway System?

Sure, just ignore the lagging time period between when investment is made and work is actually completed.

So all the work that was done in the New Deal was insignificant to World War II mobilization?

As for the rest of your swill you have not, nor will not, ever find a place where I even hinted that I want to spend money on guns in preference to butter. I want balanced, reasonable spending on both. Your ignorance on the function of our military as it relates to current infrastructure, environmental stewardship, and medical support is astounding. Cutting the military force in half is stupid, myopic, and beyond what anyone with even a basic understanding of current economic policies would consider. Pathetic arguments from someone who considers himself having an academic pedigree in history....

The time is fast approaching to make such hard choices. Wait who are we fighting that justifies doubling our defense expenditures over the last decade? We gotta be ready to fight those ChiComms, it's going to take all the dollars we can get!



Keep showing that anger, it really shows your true colors. You've earned it:



Oooh I'm scared now - he used a -