 Hello my good friend. I was reading an article in the newspaper the other day and they were saying that going to war is good for the economy. The newspaper was saying that when a country engages in war it creates jobs and investment opportunities. That is simply not true. The truth is that it is known as the broken window fallacy. I think I have heard of the broken window fallacy, but please refresh my memory. The parable of the broken window is usually explained through a story about a shopkeeper and his son, as the story goes the young boy accidentally breaks the shopkeeper's window. As a result the shopkeeper must hire someone to replace the window. That would seem like a good thing. It helps support the window replacement industry and money was injected into the economy. But in actuality there are hidden costs that people do not realise at first. If the shopkeeper did not have to spend the money on replacing the window he might have been able to spend the money on a new computer or a smartphone, spending money on something that would improve his standard of living is what improves economies and not replacing things that were destroyed. So all military spending on wars is based on destroying in order to spend capital. So in fact wars do not improve economies or standards of living. I think I understand. The government should spend our taxes on programs that build instead of destroy. The government could cut people's taxes and allow them to choose what to spend their money on. Whether you are on the right and believe in cutting taxes or on the left and believe in social spending, we can all agree that spending on war is not good for the economy. Yes that is true. This is an issue that conservatives and liberals should all agree on, regardless if you believe a war is justifiable or not. There is no logic to support that spending money on a war will stimulate the economy.