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Originally posted by mml
But what I was referring to was that the President does have a significant influence on the economy. Going to war is just an example of how presidential policy decisions can effect the economy.
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War is about the only way the President has a direct impact on the economy. And even that is fleeting.
You are absolutely right that war usually has a net positive effect on the economy. IMO, there is little to nothing the President can do to directly cause economic stagnation. Now, if we were to group the President and Congress together we could throw in passing certain types of laws, tax increases (or cuts), and a few other things but even those are typically fleeting as there are so many ways around them.
I think I'll skip the long term war impact thread since I could probably script the responses from the "usual suspects"
