Big Fitz
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- Nov 23, 2009
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Lots. Consider this. We are still paying for the defense of most of Europe versus the soviet bloc.The Marshall Plan certainly helped out post World War II Europe.
Actually the Deming plan was far better. The Marshall Plan was fairly wasteful, inefficient and redundant IIRC. Deming taught Japan how to rebuild themselves, till they became the powerhouse in the 1980's on the backs electronics and automotive quality and efficiency. The Marshall plan created a lot of dependancy that should have been avoided.
I wonder how much this "Big Brother" approach contibuted toward the Socialist tendencies of Europe of today...
These nations for the most part have been then free to take their spending that SHOULD have gone towards military, and sunk it into social programs that have been rotting away the core of their nations.
We need to get out of Europe, quit playing defender of the western world and cutting off military aid to ingrates who deserve to suffer the price of defending one self instead of popping off behind their tougher brother back at their enemies.