Reply #22: ABout war being good for the economy?

[Lone_Wolf]

I've heard the mantra repeated hundreds of times that war is good for the economy. The Right repeats this mantra all the time which made me suspicious of it.

The word "war" seems to be carefully chosen to avoid saying, "government spending that puts people back to work"

The government spent huge amounts of money during WWII which put many people back to work. If the same amount of money was spent on the FDR's New Deal programs (which paled by comparison), then it too probably would have pulled us out of the Great Depression.