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.
Palin refuses to apologize for stupid claim of foreign policy experience.
These excerpts are from CBS News Russia Is Our Neighbor Couric : You've cited Alaska's proximity to Russia as part of your foreign policy experience. What did you mean by that? Sarah Palin : That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and, on our other side, the land-boundary that we have with Canada. It's funny that a comment like that was kinda made to … I don't know, you know … reporters. Couric : Mocked? Palin : Yeah, mocked, I guess that's the word, yeah. Couric : Well, explain to me why that enhances your foreign-policy credentials. Palin : Well, it certainly does, because our, our next-door neighbors are foreign countries, there in the state that I am the executive of. And there… Couric : Have you ever been involved in any negotiations, for example, with the Russians? Palin : We have trade missions back and forth, we do. It's very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia. As Putin rears his...
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.
ReplyDeleteThe idea "war is good for the economy" has been repeated so often as to become an accepted truism.
ReplyDeleteIf 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.