On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:33:44 -0500, Red said:
My first semester buisness professor taught us that analogy as the
erroneous argument that it is. Military organizations do not produce a
product to sell. They are not in business to make a profit. They only
spend money, because they are a 100-percent total-loss system. So your
argument using this analogy is flawed.

And Dave responded thusly:
Glad to hear that the cost of those soldiers, ships and planes is
nothing,
Red. Now can I get a check back from the gummint for all that money I
sent
them to pay for them?

I'm a bit confused by your response Dave. I was referring to your use of
an analogy to compare what is two completely different things. Your
response makes no sense. Business is in business to make a profit,
offset by expenses. Government does not make profit, it isn't designed
to make profit, and no idiot we have elected wants it to make a profit.
Comparing business to military expenditures is a falacious argument.
Red