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Post #6,512
by mmoffitt
8/23/01 3:18:13 PM
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New Minor Nit.
>>...because there isn't a school of thought that treats government spending as anything but a drain on the economic cycle.

Except for getting us out of a Depression, right? Or didn't the War Production Board have anything to do with ending the Great Depression? Like it or not, it was US Socialism that brought us out of the Great Depression.
Post #6,515
by bepatient
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8/23/01 3:26:56 PM
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New Not...
...it was World War II that brought us out of the Great Depression.
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Post #6,523
by mmoffitt
8/23/01 4:12:57 PM
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New Sort of, but not Xactly.
The War Production Board put everyone to work and since no one was making any consumer products - everything went to the War effort, you had this build up of buying power that once the War was OVER, could be spent on consumer goods and industry converted.
Post #6,527
by bepatient
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8/23/01 4:53:49 PM
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New But giving credit to that..
...as a "government program" is sort of like giving credit to NASA for creating the moon just because they landed there.

War has a wonderful habit of spurring the economy...but giving credit to the program as "the way we got out of the depression" is only accurate if they started the war...not just benefitted from it happening.
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Post #6,648
by mmoffitt
8/24/01 4:21:48 PM
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New Disagree.
The response to the War is what got us out, not the War itself.
     "Deja Vu all over again" - (mmoffitt) - (52) - Aug. 20, 2001, 11:48:29 AM EDT
         Deja deja vu all all over again - (screamer) - (3) - Aug. 21, 2001, 05:35:13 PM EDT
             49,000,000 - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Aug. 22, 2001, 03:24:33 PM EDT
                 Slight correction - (screamer) - (1) - Aug. 23, 2001, 04:55:46 PM EDT
                     TRUE? Would that be the new name of MORAL? :-) -NT - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 24, 2001, 04:24:17 PM EDT
         so you thought all that money was in a vault - (boxley) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2001, 11:06:26 PM EDT
             I know the money wasn't (isn't) in a vault. - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 22, 2001, 03:28:06 PM EDT
         massive irritation - (wharris2) - (45) - Aug. 22, 2001, 02:08:16 AM EDT
             I hear this a lot. - (mmoffitt) - (44) - Aug. 22, 2001, 03:40:51 PM EDT
                 Check your stats... - (bepatient) - (7) - Aug. 22, 2001, 04:13:39 PM EDT
                     Revisionist History I am familiar with. - (mmoffitt) - (6) - Aug. 23, 2001, 12:07:34 PM EDT
                         Heh.. - (bepatient) - (5) - Aug. 23, 2001, 02:42:17 PM EDT
                             Minor Nit. - (mmoffitt) - (4) - Aug. 23, 2001, 03:18:13 PM EDT
                                 Not... - (bepatient) - (3) - Aug. 23, 2001, 03:26:56 PM EDT
                                     Sort of, but not Xactly. - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Aug. 23, 2001, 04:12:57 PM EDT
                                         But giving credit to that.. - (bepatient) - (1) - Aug. 23, 2001, 04:53:49 PM EDT
                                             Disagree. - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 24, 2001, 04:21:48 PM EDT
                 slight OT but you think 72% is fair? -NT - (boxley) - (35) - Aug. 22, 2001, 10:45:25 PM EDT
                     Hell...why not 90...they're rich...they can afford it -NT - (bepatient) - (26) - Aug. 23, 2001, 12:20:51 AM EDT
                         trouble is dems think Im rich - (boxley) - (25) - Aug. 23, 2001, 12:49:18 AM EDT
                             Heh heh - (bepatient) - (24) - Aug. 23, 2001, 11:21:41 AM EDT
                                 Careful there with who you blame for the Marriage Penalty. - (mmoffitt) - (7) - Aug. 23, 2001, 12:12:58 PM EDT
                                     Part of tax simplification... - (bepatient) - (6) - Aug. 23, 2001, 01:12:02 PM EDT
                                         Same tired refrain: Nothing is a Republican's fault. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (5) - Aug. 23, 2001, 01:57:35 PM EDT
                                             And yours is its all their fault... - (bepatient) - (4) - Aug. 23, 2001, 02:07:34 PM EDT
                                                 Nope. - (mmoffitt) - (3) - Aug. 23, 2001, 02:39:53 PM EDT
                                                     Now about Harry we can talk... - (bepatient) - (1) - Aug. 23, 2001, 03:00:04 PM EDT
                                                         I can die tomorrow. We have common ground. - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 23, 2001, 03:11:36 PM EDT
                                                     Nicely said! -NT - (jb4) - Aug. 24, 2001, 01:10:21 PM EDT
                                 Careful on that as well... - (Simon_Jester) - (15) - Aug. 23, 2001, 12:29:58 PM EDT
                                     Well you don't see them... - (bepatient) - (14) - Aug. 23, 2001, 01:04:39 PM EDT
                                         But they *are* different - (DonRichards) - Aug. 23, 2001, 01:14:12 PM EDT
                                         Like it or not, government plans cost money... - (Simon_Jester) - (2) - Aug. 23, 2001, 01:35:31 PM EDT
                                             Wow... - (bepatient) - (1) - Aug. 23, 2001, 02:04:27 PM EDT
                                                 Cough...fast and loose with the rules, eh? - (Simon_Jester) - Aug. 23, 2001, 06:58:48 PM EDT
                                         It's entirely 'reasonable' to despise those who manipulate - (Ashton) - (9) - Aug. 25, 2001, 05:24:53 PM EDT
                                             So you posit... - (bepatient) - (8) - Aug. 26, 2001, 01:52:21 AM EDT
                                                 'All' is a rather large percentage - (Ashton) - (7) - Aug. 26, 2001, 08:28:32 AM EDT
                                                     Recipes? - (DonRichards) - (6) - Aug. 27, 2001, 10:02:10 AM EDT
                                                         Secret ingredient - 'gaul of dog' - (Ashton) - (5) - Aug. 27, 2001, 04:28:14 PM EDT
                                                             Ah, yes. The Hannibal Lecter school of cuisine. - (DonRichards) - (4) - Aug. 27, 2001, 04:36:05 PM EDT
                                                                 Not at all: The Golden Rule. - (Ashton) - (3) - Aug. 27, 2001, 04:46:12 PM EDT
                                                                     This one thankfully accepts your criticism and correction - (DonRichards) - (1) - Aug. 27, 2001, 05:04:34 PM EDT
                                                                         That is Right-attitude, Grasshopper - go thou and prosper. - (Ashton) - Aug. 27, 2001, 07:23:18 PM EDT
                                                                     This one thankfully accepts your criticism and correction - (DonRichards) - Aug. 27, 2001, 05:05:02 PM EDT
                     Maybe. - (mmoffitt) - (7) - Aug. 23, 2001, 12:17:54 PM EDT
                         The real issue is... - (bepatient) - (6) - Aug. 23, 2001, 01:41:49 PM EDT
                             Sorry. - (mmoffitt) - (5) - Aug. 23, 2001, 02:02:29 PM EDT
                                 Both on the same site...and its not Heritage. -NT - (bepatient) - (4) - Aug. 23, 2001, 02:11:58 PM EDT
                                     Sorry Part II - (mmoffitt) - (3) - Aug. 23, 2001, 02:38:39 PM EDT
                                         You should have... - (bepatient) - (2) - Aug. 23, 2001, 02:43:38 PM EDT
                                             I like Laffer - (DonRichards) - (1) - Aug. 23, 2001, 03:11:53 PM EDT
                                                 That was a pretty good one ;) -NT - (bepatient) - Aug. 23, 2001, 03:29:35 PM EDT

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