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This is an example of [[Statism]] in [[Conservapedia]]:
This is an example of [[Statism]] in [[Conservapedia]]:
"The '''guns and butter economic concept''' describes the government allocation to defense spending versus social programs."<ref>[https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/08/guns-butter.asp What Does "Guns and Butter" Mean in Government Spending?], Investopedia</ref>[https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Guns_or_butter&action=edit&oldid=2087044] The statist article claimed: "As an economy produces more guns ([[military]] spending) it must '''reduce its production of butter''' (food), and vice versa."<ref>[https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gunsandbutter.asp Guns-and-Butter Curve: Definition and How It Works], Investopedia</ref> This is totally [[false]]. The [[Guns or butter]] debate is over transferring the consumption of butter away from [[consumers]] in order to produce [[ammunition|munitions]], '''NOT reducing the production of butter.''' The sources used are [[Economic planning|command and control]], [[statist]] arguments.
"The '''guns and butter economic concept''' describes the government allocation to defense spending versus social programs."<ref>[https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/08/guns-butter.asp What Does "Guns and Butter" Mean in Government Spending?], Investopedia</ref>[https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Guns_or_butter&action=edit&oldid=2087044] The statist article claimed: "As an economy produces more guns ([[military]] spending) it must '''reduce its production of butter''' (food), and vice versa."<ref>[https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gunsandbutter.asp Guns-and-Butter Curve: Definition and How It Works], Investopedia</ref> This is totally [[false]]. The [[Guns or butter]] debate is a choice policymakers must make between transferring the consumption of butter away from [[consumers]] in order to produce [[ammunition|munitions]], '''NOT reducing the production of butter''' which obviously would kill the production of munitions. The sources used are [[Economic planning|command and control]], [[statist]] arguments.
See [[Talk:Guns or butter]].
See [[Talk:Guns or butter]].