Topic: Self Production...Good or Bad?

PershingOfLSU · June 20th, 2005

Of course ad hominen attacks don't actually prove anything, however they do incite further responses that can be used.

Nauru is in its current situation because of extended phosphorus mining. However it certainly wasn't helped by a government that is anything but tight when it comes to how it spends funds.

You say, "It's just 4 extra pounds" like someone who has never had to carry a rifle in the port arms position over a mile. The M-14 was replaced because more effective weapons save american lives. So even though the XM-8 may have cost a whopping 9 million to develop, or about how much money 8 average Americans with a highschool diploma will make in their life time out of a country of almost 300 million. If it saves even ten American lives the research costs have been recouped. To further simplify my argument, American spends money developing new arms to save American lives. It is far easier to replace a tank or a rifle then it is to replace someone's life.

Also in melee combat, those four pounds don't mean much when you consider that a butt stroke is usually followed by a bayonet jab.

An interesting note about the American poverty line is that it's above the per capita income for China by roughly 14,000 dollars, above Poland's by 7,000 dollars, above Russia's by 9,000 dollars, and above Nauru's by 14,000 dollars. America, one of the few places in the world where poverty is linked with obesity. America's public and external debt is also less than our GDP.

I'm not sure what you mean by America's Industry being hollowed out. Last I checked Americans are still the most productive per capita of any country in the world (annually, not hourly. Hourly we're in third place I believe behind Luxembourg and Belgium).

June 20th, 2005
PershingOfLSU Optio	Of course ad hominen attacks don't actually prove anything, however they do incite further responses that can be used. Nauru is in its current situation because of extended phosphorus mining. However it certainly wasn't helped by a government that is anything but tight when it comes to how it spends funds. You say, "It's just 4 extra pounds" like someone who has never had to carry a rifle in the port arms position over a mile. The M-14 was replaced because more effective weapons save american lives. So even though the XM-8 may have cost a whopping 9 million to develop, or about how much money 8 average Americans with a highschool diploma will make in their life time out of a country of almost 300 million. If it saves even ten American lives the research costs have been recouped. To further simplify my argument, American spends money developing new arms to save American lives. It is far easier to replace a tank or a rifle then it is to replace someone's life. Also in melee combat, those four pounds don't mean much when you consider that a butt stroke is usually followed by a bayonet jab. An interesting note about the American poverty line is that it's above the per capita income for China by roughly 14,000 dollars, above Poland's by 7,000 dollars, above Russia's by 9,000 dollars, and above Nauru's by 14,000 dollars. America, one of the few places in the world where poverty is linked with obesity. America's public and external debt is also less than our GDP. I'm not sure what you mean by America's Industry being hollowed out. Last I checked Americans are still the most productive per capita of any country in the world (annually, not hourly. Hourly we're in third place I believe behind Luxembourg and Belgium).