Unemployment is the direct result of policies initiated by a very large number of establishment coupled with the loose money control and failure of the government in drafting various policies. Even if Unemployment rates remain high in the US for next 50 years, the country would still be considered a rich one and their war chests will be full too (courtesy to the numerous wars they have funded and reaped benefits from)
Could you please explain the quoted section above? Specifically, I would like facts and statistics with quoted links providing evidence we have profited from any military engagement in the last century.