the sacrifices the greatest generation???? whaaa??
you are seriously demented or something. the guys in saving private ryan weren't thinking about the political rammifications of possibly defaulting on our debt.
they knew the US would always pay it's bills and they believed in a country that took care of it's elderly, it's sick and it's poor. they believed in a country that believed that you needed not be part of the board to be taken into consideration by your politicians. they lived during a time when wealth efficiently moved from our central bank and into circulation, creating demand and jobs. they lived at atime when disposable income was taken for granted, they knew they'd come back to a country with enough wealth to go around....
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