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Old 05-15-2008, 05:25 AM
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In a word, no. We don't.
Everyone got in debt to us and our economy became the largest in the world.
So it helped, it didn't hurt.
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What helped? I don't know what you are talking about.
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What helped? I don't know what you are talking about.
WWII helped reduce the national debt over the long run.
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There is no way to quantify that, but so what? I never said we shouldn't have fought WWII. Nor is the topic WWII. I was merely pointing out to Chief that we do not have "a lot" of debt left over from WWII. We didn't go that far into debt to fight the war in the first place.
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Iraq has nothing to do with 911. Stop it!
Actually, according to documents retrieved from Hussein's government offices...yes...Iraq DID. Quit getting your news from MSNBC.
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