At 03:12 PM 10/27/03 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote:

spend pennies. Eventually you gotta figure that'll eat into the invasionary funds, no? (Or am I being naive?)

To a troll-like extent. The government left the gold (etc) standard so they could print money to fund wars. They will also not hesitate to confiscate more of your income to fund wars. And will confiscate your children (or you) as cannon fodder.