Congressman John Yarmuth linked the war to the sliding economy during a recent radio broadcast. He went on to say that the war is “not only linked to our economic skid, but the leading cause of it.” Most Americans know that the U.S. is spending a lot of money on the war and Congressman Yarmouthp pointed out that the U.S. has spent “more than a half trillion dollars” on the war effort.

It should not be a big leap of faith to expect that this kind of spending will impact the economy. The current administration has also reduced taxes during this period. Actually, it’s rather unrealistic and naive of American’s to believe that we can continue with our daily routines, Starbucks in the morning, country clubs, new trucks and BMer’s while the government is spending this heavily and reducing taxes at the same time.

This is the first generation that waged a war without suffering. Remember World War II? The population was forced to ration consumables and all able bodied men, women and children worked to support the war. This generation considers the war almost like a subcontractor that is paid to do a dirty job.

Yes, I think the Congressman is right. How can a logical person think otherwise?

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