hole diggers
i find myself aligned with folks worried that the economic stimulus package is going to be to pay two guys to dig a hole and pay three guys to fill it in. this particular sentiment happens to be mostly expressed by republicans as a bash on democrats. though it's a valid concern. i don't think the war hawks and their marching army of morons have the moral high ground on this one. i explain. consider war. you pay people to make bombs. you drop the bombs. they make a hole. repeat. eventually you declare victory. now you have a bunch of holes where buildings used to be. so what do you do? you pay more people to rebuild the buildings. ie fill the holes. sound familiar?