-=> MATT MUNSON wrote to ALL <=-   
      
    MM> Here is a useful quote from soneone I know:   
      
    MM> "Something that I noticed. Four periods in the 20th century where we   
    MM> had the best economic growth. The Coolidge years, the Eisenhower years,   
    MM> the Reagan years and the Clinton years. What was not happening during   
    MM> those years? The country wasn't really at war during most of the time.   
    MM> Coolidge and Reagan kept us out of war (sorry by 7 days in Grenada   
    MM> doesn't really count). Eisenhower's second term was a time between the   
    MM> Korean and Vietnam wars. Clinton took us to the Balkans but it wasn't a   
    MM> large invasion or occupation.   
      
    MM> During those peacetimes the economy expanded greatly. Even in the case   
    MM> of Coolidge and Reagan who inherited weak economies. War definitely   
    MM> sucks the life out of economies and doesn't make recovery easier."   
    MM> -Aaron Alghawi   
      
      
   And water is wet and fire is hot.  :)  Yet we love the role of the world cop.    
   I bet we have more military overseas than any other nation.  AFAIK we still   
   have a big force down in Venezuela figthing the drug cartels.  Jeeze, what a   
   lost cause that one is...   
      
   But it is jobs, and we do shrink the military, what do we do with those guys?   
      
      
       
        
      
        
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