If War is so good for the economy and business, how can we afford to not be at War?

[Bandit]

We should be starting wars every other day.....Don't wars produce "jobs"? Isn't "jobs" the national outcry now? I think we should declare war on Mars. That way we can use up all our missiles and bombs and yet not kill a bunch of women and children..and still have a "Commander in Chief"...:silly:

[emulatorloo]

1. Who is arguing that?

[dkofos]

2. Another republicon myth.

[phantom power]

3. Wars == "Keynesian stimulus that the GOP can swallow because it's force-projection"

[polichick]

4. War is profitable for certain industries, but doesn't "trickle down" very well.

[Taverner]

5. That Pacific Ocean's been bothering me a while. Let's declare war on it.

In fact, I think the US is an incarnation of Zeus! And we're mad at Poseidon, dammit!

Let's invade Poseidon's realm!!!

[Auntie Bush]

6. No war! No military! Lots more unemployment and factory shutdowns

We can't afford not to be at war! Can you imagine the unemployment if all those soldiers came home and started looking for work? Obama would never get reelected!
Our GDP would go down without all those war machines being built...and there would be less millionaire and billionaires without all those sweetheart deals
and contracts! Besides...Why are we building all that stuff if we don't use it?

[damntexdem]

7. Good for some businesses -- bad for the overall economy . . .

and for the people in general.