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Old 02-25-2008, 06:44 PM  
xroach
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Originally Posted by D View Post
I once heard an economics professor say that the U.S. debt is at the very heart of our national security program... but, honestly, I forget his specific points....

Maybe it was if we owe everyone money, they're less likely to attack us.

Sounds a bit ass backwards to me.
US $ is based on debt. Debt needs to be increased to increase the amount dollars in circulation (decreasing the value of those currently out there). Easiest thing to go into debt for is war. Military industrial gets to use the newly created dollars first, before the inflation resulting in the practice kicks in. Yehaa
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