blog.mises.org — The truth is very simple: wars are costly. The money has to come from somewhere. Complicated chains of reasoning about indirect links only obscure the point. Costs mean opportunities forgone. By producing more war goods, we have less non-war goods.
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itchibahnMay 19, 2008
War isn't the main reason the oil prices has gone up, but it's because of few other factors, such as the market manipulation, and larger amount of increase in oil consumption.China and India has the largest population in the world and more people there now own vehicles. They are making cars that are extremely affordable, and caused surge of oil consumption.PCShare.Com
favour2008May 19, 2008
very thought provoking article and i quite agree with Obama When you're spending over $50 to fill up your car because the price of oil is four times what it was before Iraq, you're paying a price for this war," Obama told an audience last month at the University of Charleston in West Virginia. "When Iraq is costing each household about $100 a month, you're paying a price for this war."
bullcutterMay 20, 2008
people who are intent on voting for John McCain need to read this article.and to think it is the "conservative" candidate who is pushing for a 100-year extension of what is already the most costly and pointless war in our nation's history...