At his press conference the other night, Barack Obama spent a fair amount of time discussing the need to not only fix the problems with our economy, but also transform it.  To seek out and find new engines of growth.  This has actually been a recurring theme with the President since his assumption of the office.  Historically, there has always been one simple, easy, surefire method to spur economic growth.  It’s worked in a variety of cultures and in numerous historical periods.  That method?  Expansion, colonization, and subjugation.  Find someone weaker or less advanced than you and take all their natural resources for yourself.

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