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Message: <blockquote data-quote="drewed" data-source="post: 396525" data-attributes="member: 13615">going into ww2 deficit of 2 billion (1940 dollars) post 230 billion plus 15 years later almost all of the debt was paid off, the highway system was built, railroads expanded, airports expanded, and space exploration was startingwe paid it off, rebuilt japan and germany and most of western europe.after all of our wars we have a major bump up in economy this time next year when the troop levels draw down to 50,000 and a few rapid response battalions in saudi and kuwait, troops come home and fill everyday jobs things will get beter.and on the war industrial complex note.....war and tech is what we do, we do it very well, its one of the few US products that people will pay a premium for so theres not room to talk about it when it employs hundreds of thousands of employees</blockquote>