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Wow. You really have no idea of the benefit to society as a whole from military technologies, do you?So, Building a road is stimulative, Giving a Solar company money is stimulative, but buying tanks and planes and guns from US companies is not stimulative.
Is that actually what you are trying to say? If so you are a bigger idiot than I thought.
Stimulative to what extent?
Does military spending provide jobs? Sure. So in that..yes..it's stimulative.
Does anything that comes out of military spending benefit the country as a whole? For the most part..no. Seriously...how can the private sector or a citizen in general use a tank? It's not like a road..that gets used by both. And gets used to conduct business for both.
Sometimes you get an "unexpected" benefit like the internet or GPS..but those benefits are far to few to justify the spending.
We should be concentrating our efforts toward goals that don't involve killing other people or the total annihilation of the planet.
Here are spin-offs just from ordnance:
Æ Aeragon - Ordnance
Mass productionAnd don't forget the internet.
Machining data handbook
Titanium
Chemical manufacturing
Environmental data
Weather forecasting
Radar
Walky-talkies and cell phones
Miniaturization
Computers
Space technology
Satellites
Fortification construction techniques
Soooo...looks like you're wrong, buddy.
If you actually stop and read Sallow's post you will see he says "For the most part..no." That is not the same as saying never. Clearly there have been good things to come out of military spending, as you have listed. But that doesn't mean ALL military spending has long term benefits to the economy.
Additionally, I'd like to stress this part. "We should be concentrating our efforts toward goals that don't involve killing other people or the total annihilation of the planet." And I agree. It's interesting then that your list contains only peacetime benefits. Which of course, makes sense, because building a better tank doesn't really directly help a school teacher, does it?