tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11887973.post8796420239778317067..comments2023-11-02T04:58:34.355-04:00Comments on Libertarian Party of Allen County, Indiana: The impact of the war on the economyJeannette Jaquishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226385515110623744noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11887973.post-30485856204347638282009-02-23T12:20:00.000-05:002009-02-23T12:20:00.000-05:00You're partly right. Bush was a big proponent of t...You're partly right. Bush was a big proponent of tax cuts, but he also raised nonmilitary spending more than any post WW2 POTUS. Even more than LBJ.<BR/><BR/>Still, I think that it is better to waste tax money on projects in the US than it is to waste it overseas. Spend money on a bridge, and you still have that bridge 50 years later. Spent money on a jet fighter and it will simply be obsolete in 25 years.<BR/><BR/>Also, what about the materials used to make the weapons and ammunition? What about all the oil used to fuel the vehicles? We would have been able to bring down the cost of gas if diplomacy had succeeded. The cost of manufacturing consumer goods would have been reduced as well.<BR/><BR/>Last but not least, would the brave men who died in Iraq and Afghanistan simply have died elsewhere? I have a lot of respect for these men, and I would think that they would have found gainful employment had the war not taken place.Robert Endershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15592475828737641009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11887973.post-69367760977666638882009-02-23T08:34:00.000-05:002009-02-23T08:34:00.000-05:00Robert, you make one huge assumption here, that be...Robert, you make one huge assumption here, that being, that the money spent on the wars would actually be put to good use elsewhere here in the U.S. <BR/><BR/>History would indicate that is not the case. When given a surplus savings from one thing, Congress promptly throws ANY money down the proverbial toilet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com