Originally Posted by MS Fowler

Don't believe I ever maintained that it was "worthless".
But was it worth what it cost you, and me and our children and grandchildren? On that I would say it was not worth it.

Advocates say it prevented a depression. Maybe; maybe not. But How moral is it for us to spend huge sums of money to keep us out of depression while passing the cost on to generations yet unborn? Strikes me as the height of self-serving.