War Profiteers: Merchants of Death

Whenever someone asks you to believe that war is good for the economy, he asks you to acquiesce in a conspiracy that murders to get gain.

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  1. annilyAugust 12, 2010 at 6:23 PM

    believing that war is good for the economy is a good thing to believe because it's true...it does help the economy. doesn't mean it's a good way to help the economy though.

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  2. C-|-WSeptember 1, 2010 at 6:29 PM

    The idea "war is good for the economy" has been repeated so often as to become an accepted truism.

    If war is good for the economy, why don't we conspire with one of our allies to build the largest navies in the world. Then we can send our ships into the middle of the pacific, and, because life is precious, we can evacuate all of the sailors. Then let us sink the ships.

    This sort of nonsense would certainly be good business for ship builders, but for few others. It results in a net loss of capital.

    If war were good for the economy, then so would be burning down your house, or blowing up your car. Destruction, by definition, destroys wealth.

    A war economy certainly creates jobs, by funneling money away from what taxpayers would have spent their money on, and giving it to the merchants of death.

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