So it's HOT today in Phoenix. Who am I kidding, it is going to be HOT here everyday until about October! Anyways, we're basically stuck here in the house today. Noemi is actually being productive and cooking some food for the week. As for me, I'm watching Netflix.
For the past couple of days I've been watching Ken Burns' documentary on WWII. Besides the story of the conflict itself, a couple of facts piqued my interest...
Could our government persuade it's citizens to ration in 2011? There always seems to be a lot of nostalgia for the 40s and 50s, but compared to today's political environment, that era seems like socialism run amok! Rationing, propaganda films, internment camps, war bond rallies, the draft! Pretty incredible if you really think about it. If push came to shove, would today's generation willingly give up these freedoms for a greater common goal? I guess that some would argue we actually have in the wake of 9/11, but the Patriot Act seems somewhat small in comparison doesn't it?
Also, why didn't massive government spending on defense result in an unsustainable bubble that burst after the war was over? Instead, it led to a massive economic expansion that made the US the world's wealthiest nation. I think that this is a question that today's advocates of government budget cutting should be prepared to answer.
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