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To: koan who wrote (202524)5/15/2009 5:52:11 PM
From: alanrsRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
spent the money on infrasturcture instead, we would have been much better off

We did spend the money on infrastructure. Infrastructure to destroy a lot of people and stuff, then infrastructure rebuilding all the places we had destroyed. I'm using the term 'infrastructure' loosely.

ARS



To: koan who wrote (202524)5/15/2009 6:04:55 PM
From: alanrsRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 306849
 
spent the money on infrasturcture instead, we would have been much better off

And of course before the war we did spend a lot of money on infrastructure, the Hoover Damn and the stately Evanston post office building being just two fine examples, although I've never heard a good case for the WPA ending the depression.

ARS


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