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To: orkrious who wrote (190571)9/4/2002 9:07:15 PM
From: rolatzi  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 436258
 
World War II, got the US out of the depression. The buildup in Europe actually started in the late thirties and put lots of Americans back to work.
Ro



To: orkrious who wrote (190571)9/5/2002 9:52:28 AM
From: yard_man  Respond to of 436258
 
>>It might divert attention for a while, and we would get the mother of all squeezes when it was over<<

contary to public opinion -- I think the war itself would cause a squeeze