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OT...Drugs just to stay alive....
On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 01:19:53 -0500, wrote:
On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:27:00 -0800, wrote: On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 20:34:06 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:10:26 -0800, wrote: Huh? You never heard of the gov't requiring car manufacturers to produce things like tanks, bombers, etc? That has not happened for 65 years. When it did it was a government contract that put idle factories back to work. For the last 50 years tanks, bombers and missiles have been a profit center. The manufacturers develop a system, bribe enough congressmen to get it adopted and then try to convince the military it is really what they need. That is not unlike how the drug companies work. So, with such a great economy, I guess it doesn't make much sense to put people to work... ? I don't think people were being bribed to produce armaments in WWII.. at least not most. They were certainly making a lot of money tho. Depends on your definition of "a lot of money." The primary motivation was survival both financially and physically (the result of losing the war). WWII was an instant end of the depression for the US. And, your point? I don't think we can actually compare the buying of the congress in the 40s like we do now. There were certainly the earmark bribes but you did not have billion dollar ad campaign costs (even adjusted for inflation) I agree. You can't compare the two, however earmarks are not the terrible thing you make them out to be. Some are wasteful, but many actually do good at the local level. |
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OT...Drugs just to stay alive....
On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 23:44:21 -0500, wrote:
On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:13:19 -0800, wrote: I don't think we can actually compare the buying of the congress in the 40s like we do now. There were certainly the earmark bribes but you did not have billion dollar ad campaign costs (even adjusted for inflation) I agree. You can't compare the two, however earmarks are not the terrible thing you make them out to be. Some are wasteful, but many actually do good at the local level. The problem is not the earmark itself, it is what the receiving congressman sold his vote for on another bill to get it. (I will vote for your bridge if you will vote for the war) There are always going to be abuses. In any case, most earmarks are for worthy projects as far as I can tell. |
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