The government abolished the draft and the war powers act was passed to curve a president's war-making power.

The funds were going overseas which caused the dollar's worth to drop as well as an imbalance of payments. Interest rates rose. In simple words, the economy was looking bad.

http://www.historycentral.com/sixty/Economics/Vietnam.html

What were the economic effects of this war?

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