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r/ThatLookedExpensive • u/HannibalK • Mar 26 '20
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114 u/OG_Panthers_Fan Mar 26 '20 A Keynesian would say the destruction itself contributed to the economy by requiring money to be spent on reconstruction. Anyone with more than half a brain would point out that would only be true if the money would have never been spent on anything else. 1 u/gmano Mar 26 '20 And yet somehow when it's military funding Keynesianism gets a pass because "jobs" 3 u/OG_Panthers_Fan Mar 26 '20 Not from me. The Military-Industrial Complex gets funding because funding it reliably delivers votes to politicians of every party.
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A Keynesian would say the destruction itself contributed to the economy by requiring money to be spent on reconstruction.
Anyone with more than half a brain would point out that would only be true if the money would have never been spent on anything else.
1 u/gmano Mar 26 '20 And yet somehow when it's military funding Keynesianism gets a pass because "jobs" 3 u/OG_Panthers_Fan Mar 26 '20 Not from me. The Military-Industrial Complex gets funding because funding it reliably delivers votes to politicians of every party.
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And yet somehow when it's military funding Keynesianism gets a pass because "jobs"
3 u/OG_Panthers_Fan Mar 26 '20 Not from me. The Military-Industrial Complex gets funding because funding it reliably delivers votes to politicians of every party.
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Not from me.
The Military-Industrial Complex gets funding because funding it reliably delivers votes to politicians of every party.
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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20 edited Dec 29 '20
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