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Originally posted by fnet
The idea that war helps the US economy is based on what happened during World War II: <i>we put women to work.</i>
Duh.
I guess this time we'll have to put the children to work.
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Exactly. And before WW II the US didnt have much of a military fleet. A lot of people that were unemployed and didnt go to war got jobs with ship builders and other military related industries.