A great mistake that Republicans make and about which Democrats are no better [View All]

[ThomWV]

Here is the Republican version: Public spending during the Great Depression did not stimulate the economy and if it didn't work then it won't work now.

Here is the Democratic version: Spending on the Military goes far beyond our needs and should be cut considerably.

And here is the problem, Republicans won't admit that not only was recovery slowly taking place because of the social spending in the mid to late 30's believing it was only the greatly increased Government spending for the war that rushed the economy to relative prosperity. And Democrats don't seem to understand that it is the very same massive Government military spending that has been replenished annually ever since Eisenhower was in office that sustains our base-load economy. You cut that spending off and the stimulus becomes meaningless in the face of the layoffs all across the nation that would quickly follow.

So its a draw, they won't recognize the value of social spending and we won't admit the value of military spending.