03-25-2019, 04:08 PM
(03-25-2019, 04:01 PM)GMDino Wrote: I'm not making an argument for anything.
My apologies for the incorrect interpretation of your statements
Quote: I'm just joking that if the government started funding the extraction companies the GOP would love to have bigger government involvement and the use of funds for it. And I didn't think about war bonds (something we went without the last couple wars), but everyone contributing to a common cause works for me whether that is "socialism" or not.
What's preventing the government from doing exactly that? My impression is that government involvement is wholly unnecessary given that private industry took the initiative in this regard. War bonds are absolutely a form of "we're all in this together". However, you also profit from them, it's give now receive more later. We haven't needed war bonds as our conflicts were not nearly on the scale of the second world war. Also, extreme situations can require extreme measures that would be unpractical, unworkable or unacceptable under ordinary circumstances.
