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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (776)	9/24/2005 2:52:02 AM
From: energyplay	Respond to of 218581

Interstate highways - the Republicans felt they need a big spending program like the Democrates had for several reasons. One was to increase employment and thus insure that unemploymnet could be kept down. This was a big fear after the end of WW2, averyone remembering the Depression. This was talked about openly. By increasing the utility of automobiles, this was a big plus for Detroit, and all the businesses in associated with them. The other reason was to provide a source of partornage that the Republicans controlled that would be widespread, into every state. Whether the military uses of the "Interstate and Defense Highway System" were primary, secondary, or a fig leaf for a giant spending program may be answered by historians. **** Military shuttles were to be launched from Vandenberg because of the easy access to polar orbits, need when the Soviets were the main adversary, and the far Northern latitudes needed to be covered. Now many militarized launches are from Cape Canaveral, where the Earth's rotation enables a slightly larger payload. I expect the disengagement from Empire starts before W is out of office.

To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (776)	9/24/2005 6:13:34 AM
From: daddunes	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218581

Man!that little rant reads like right out of PRAVDA circa 1959!

To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (776)	9/24/2005 2:41:02 PM
From: Slagle	Respond to of 218581

Elroy Re: "Desire for big government" Maybe more like the really big expansion of the federal government by the New Dealers made it all possible, including the bloated military. The abandonment of the gold standard was part of it too, because with the "pay as you go" limitations enforced by a gold backed currency none of it, the endless foreign occupations or endless road building would have been possible. THe original federal roads built after WWI known as the "National Defense Highways" like US 1, US 41, "Route 66" should have been plenty ample for any military need but I agree that the military were among the main promoters of the interstates. Slagle