Re: $3 trillion war, maybe $7 trillion, 50, 100 more years?

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:49:19 -0700, Winston_Smith
<not_real@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

(costs of the ongoing wars in the Middle East, snipped)

"People like Joe Stiglitz lack the courage to consider the cost of
doing nothing and the cost of failure.

If we had had the sense to adopt the policy of "doing
nothing" in the Middle East starting in about 1960, the cost
of doing nothing would be -- nothing. NOW is an excellent
time to start doing nothing. Not as good as 1960, but much
better than 2020.

(rest snipped)

--
Robert Sturgeon
Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms should be a convenience store, not a government agency.
http://www.vistech.net/users/rsturge/
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