3 ms·The US taxpayer didn't make a dime. The military industrial complex made a metric shitload.by jackpirate 14y agoThe US taxpayer didn't make a dime. The military industrial complex made a metric shitload.chii 14y agoyou have to hope that the benefits of the war would somehow trickle down to the general populous.nitrogen 14y agoUnfortunately this is an example of the broken window fallacy. Sure, lots of people are put to work, but they are destroying real value instead of creating it.