Knew I should have went with imports.

Have you seen that movie MacArthur? Yeah, me neither.

The G stands for Government Spending and is worth 15 points
Rockmjd23
chowderhead
LurkerDan
Lunatikk
Nick Danger

Nick Danger gets a 1-point penalty and LurkerDan gets a 2-point penalty

What bubble? Ike and Mac were 5-star generals. What was Patton? 3-stars?

The X stands for Exports and is worth 18 points
achau9598
Scrumtrulescent
wendersfan
funkpie
feenst
Flashback

The M stands for Imports and is worth 12 points
Tommy Ceez
Mordred
orangecrush18
maxfisher

I'll grant here that may play a role. Overall, I'd say no.

The question isn't who ranked higher, had more responsibility, etc. The question also isn't who was better known at the time. The question is who is better known now.

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Consumption





Investment





Government Spending





Exports





Imports

The average person couldnt name the country's that the US fought in WWII let alone any general, but most people have seen Patton on the shelf at Walmart and on channel 11 every 5th saturday afternoon since they were 10

And now, the wrong answers, worth 24 points each. If anyone wants to defend why one or more of these should be counted as correct, speak up!

Fist of Doom: Consumer spending
Thor Simpson: Expenses: It's what you spend
the big train: individual spending
CRM114: Labor
The Bus: Net Exports
Red Dog: Net Trade (Exports - Imports)
gmanca: Number of people employed
Tracer Bullet: Wages
Merkin Muffley: Workforce

I say split Red Dog and I's answers between X and M.

Look, Patton, Eisenhower, and MacArthur are all really well known generals. Any one of them could have been the "sheepiest". If the answer had turned out to be Matthew Ridgeway or James Gavin, then it would be odd.

No - I don't have the energy after the Patton lovefest. I'll just take pride in the fact that I could identify 2 of the variables.

I had no idea what the fuck this question was asking and I missed the Google exemption thing. I suck.

At least no one said:

Same

I was going to go MacArthur but Patton had a more popular movie.

"NOOOOOOO! I WANT TO BE #1!"

Not in theaters but I have the new DVD, MacArthur: I Shall Return SE.

I'd give Thor credit for Expenses (It's what you Spend). That's government spending.

1 The Bus -71
2 Pharoh -59
3 Venusian -58
3 Rockmjd23 -58
5 Lunatikk -57
6 funkpie -56
7 feenst -55
7 orangecrush18 -55
9 LurkerDan -46
10 maxfisher -43
11 Tommy Ceez -41
11 Flashback -41
13 Palaver -29
13 the big train -29
15 Groucho -28
16 Scrumtrulescent -26
16 wishbone -26
16 Fist of Doom -26
19 Mordred -22
20 chowderhead -21
21 wendersfan -18
22 JasonF -16
23 achau9598 -15
24 Merkin Muffley -14
25 CRM114 -13
26 Red Dog -8
27 Nick Danger -1
28 Tracer Bullet 8
29 Thor Simpson 11
30 gmanca 25

what would expenses fit in?