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To: TimF who wrote (43339)5/21/2010 12:05:01 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71588
 
"useful even though it was not built."

There is SOME 'use' in all government R&D spending. (Just not a great deal in this particular Trillion....)

"It put more pressure on the USSR"

Not NEARLY AS MUCH as a stronger American economy would have --- without all that massive amount of unproductive and ill-considered deficit spending though....