What economic lesson did the United States learn from the Vietnam War during the 1970s?

The United States tried to pay for the Vietnam War while also funding major social programs without raising taxes enough to cover both. The added government spending contributed to inflation and strained the economy. The lesson was that a large war and major social programs are difficult to fund at the same time without painful economic consequences; choice B expresses this idea.

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