05-11-2022, 08:33 PM
(05-11-2022, 08:04 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I don't know that those are mutually exclusive concepts. Say it was purely a supply chain issue, would not spending $40 billion dollars on said supply chain issue go a long way towards fixing it, and rather quickly?
Hard to say. One of the first things we learn in policy classes is that more money doesn't always help, especially when it comes to the private sector. Supply chain issues are the result of so many different moving parts that it would be hard to really put something in place that would work. Do you focus on the transportation? The labor? And on which side of the chain? The more moving parts the less effective funding is.
All that being said, I don't disagree with you. I have been talking about this for a long time, though. For instance, the defense budget passed in early 2021 was more than we have spent on our military since WWII when you adjust it for inflation. More than we spent during the Cold War years, more than during Vietnam, 50% more than the average budget during the Cold War. Then we saw Biden come in with an even higher request for the military.
What you're saying about the aid to Ukraine is what I and others have been saying for years in relation to the defense budget and other things for years. Now, I want Ukraine to win, but I also don't know how much I agree with the money we are pumping into the conflict, either. Lots of things there for me that I am not a fan of.
Anyway, just my two cents.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
