Comments for Are Military Contractors Buying Articles in the Post Now? at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.cepr.net Tue, 21 May 2013 18:25:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/are-military-contractors-buying-articles-in-the-post-now#comment-17078 I'm with Last Mover here. Consider Boeing. About a third of its revenue comes from government contracts. Shouldn't the Confidence Fairy be telling Boeing that with reduced military spending it can shift its aerospace engineers to its commercial airline departments? - Yeah_No Sat, 23 Jun 2012 01:14:06 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/are-military-contractors-buying-articles-in-the-post-now#comment-17076 These clowns can't make up their mind. On the one hand any stimulus spending by government is claimed to crowd out private spending via the assertion it's only uncertainty and regulation holding back more jobs from the supply side. (This effectively lumps in stimulus spending as an essential component of uncertainty holding back the economy via a higher deficit and debt.) Then when their favorite government spending shows up as the issue in question - the military - suddenly crowding out is abandoned like a forgotten orphan and the opportunity cost of said spending conveniently becomes lost jobs rather than some pet private spending somewhere that was crowded out. Really, even the village idiot can figure this one out. If the military cuts go into effect, the uncertainty of government spending is lessened and by definition the now uncrowded private sector moves in with investment and jobs to take up the slack. Who you going to believe, your lying eyes or NAM? - Last Mover Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:56:04 +0100