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Those 1.2 million people are paid by extracting capital

Posted on: August 24, 2017 at 14:54:19 CT
ummmm MU
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from other people/companies. That is the point.

This is a classic example of Bastiat's "That Which is Seen, That Which is Not Seen".

You're not considering the 1.2 million (possibly more, possibly less) jobs that could be created in other sectors for other purposes (not destructive) if the extraction of capital needed to sustain the military ceased to occur.

It is a bad deal.
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Domestic Politics is Dictating Foreign Policy - ummmm MU - 8/24 13:43:10
     When I saw this as the ending of this - GA Tiger MU - 8/24 15:15:28
          GAT - Panthera MU - 8/24 17:10:56
          They did with Bush - pickle MU - 8/24 15:56:25
     The military is the best jobs program we have.(nm) - Zeaux MWSC - 8/24 13:53:50
          That's no compliment to the military. - ummmm MU - 8/24 14:00:19
               Yes, there are some similarities to welfare - Zeaux MWSC - 8/24 14:04:24
                    It is definitely not a net positive. - ummmm MU - 8/24 14:42:05
                         1.2 million people work in the military - Zeaux MWSC - 8/24 14:48:45
                              Those 1.2 million people are paid by extracting capital - ummmm MU - 8/24 14:54:19
                                   Pure conjecture &, therefore, zero merit(nm) - STL1DFW STL - 8/24 15:15:28
                                        it isn't conjecture. the entire military, every penny spent - 90Tiger MU - 8/24 15:19:05
                                             That wasn't the conjecture part, nimrod. The Military is - STL1DFW STL - 8/24 15:21:51
                                                  that isn't the subject of the thread, good job of - 90Tiger MU - 8/24 15:24:23
                                                       I accept your white flag. Good effort(nm) - STL1DFW STL - 8/24 15:28:17
                              it's all money that is out of the private sector. your - 90Tiger MU - 8/24 14:53:14
                                   Wouldn't be replacing one of the primary roles - STL1DFW STL - 8/24 15:23:45
                                   My reasoning is that we're spending money on stupid stuff - Zeaux MWSC - 8/24 14:55:23
                                        Right. Good post. The military would just need to be - STL1DFW STL - 8/24 15:27:42
                                        the military = stupid stuff - pickle MU - 8/24 15:11:58
                                        "better places to start" isn't an argument for why - 90Tiger MU - 8/24 15:01:59
                                             The World needs the US more than the US needs the - STL1DFW STL - 8/24 15:30:06
                    What in the world is a net positive about it? (nm) - pickle MU - 8/24 14:10:26
                         Training people for the private workforce - Zeaux MWSC - 8/24 14:20:50
                              Yeah, none of those are positives - pickle MU - 8/24 15:01:49
                              Combat Medical staff don't come out as EMT's - catbirdseat MU - 8/24 14:41:33
                                   How about. - Newcatbirdseat MU - 8/24 14:46:22
                              training people for the private workforce - 90Tiger MU - 8/24 14:34:53
                                   I'm guessing you don't live in a military area. - Zeaux MWSC - 8/24 14:39:06
                                        Training people for the private sector by putting them - 90Tiger MU - 8/24 14:53:57
                                             Training people for the private sector by putting them - Zeaux MWSC - 8/24 14:58:02
                                                  Plus private innovation as a result of the military(nm) - STL1DFW STL - 8/24 15:33:00
                                                  again, you aren't making your case for your position - 90Tiger MU - 8/24 15:03:26
                                                  Such is the case at Bethesda Naval - DC Jayhawk KU - 8/24 14:59:34
                                                       Yes, Medicine is a prime example of the Military/Private - STL1DFW STL - 8/24 15:34:47
                                                            Hooray for fascism! (nm) - pickle MU - 8/24 15:53:10
                                                                 Why weren't you ever educated?(nm) - STL1DFW STL - 8/24 16:05:31
                              Unrelenting Nation Building. - Evenflow MU - 8/24 14:25:17
                         GPS and velcro - SwampTiger MU - 8/24 14:15:47
          you misspelled worst (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 8/24 13:57:30




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