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If you want me to explain, just ask. Drop the personal attacks.
You mean I have to ask you to explain?
If you want me to explain, just ask. Drop the personal attacks.
Don't mind me. :rofl
Don't mind me. :rofl
You mean I have to ask you to explain?
Yep. Tell me why you think they are wrong. Perhaps you are confused about what I'm saying. Or perhaps you are not as smart as you think you are.
Who was it cry-assin' about personal attacks just a minute ago? Hmm?!?
I've already explained to you why I think they're wrong.
That wasn't a personal attack. Just a possibility.
I asked an honest question: what grade are you in?
No, I didn't, I said, stop spending, is there a point to this?
Again, you are no libertarian, please remove this absurd suggestion from your bio!
I also said no to NCLB, I said no to the homeland security creation, and I also said no to the medicare part D, and pleaded that this was a complete disaster, I also called GWB the worst president since Wilson.
The question is, where are you today?
The government can't create wealth.
Sure, normally most of what government does isn't creating wealth, but it certainly can. And stimulus spending is one of those ways.
A dollar is a dollar.
Spending money on private sector activities - contracts with private construction firms to build roads, for instance - creates wealth just as much as a private firm contracting with another to build something would.
You guys spew alot of lame platitudes you learned on other boards, but you never think them through or explain them.
Sure, normally most of what government does isn't creating wealth, but it certainly can. And stimulus spending is one of those ways.
Why not?
Sure, normally most of what government does isn't creating wealth, but it certainly can. And stimulus spending is one of those ways.
The stimulus is pumping spending into the economy. It doesn't matter whether that spending comes from the gub'mint or the private sector. A dollar is a dollar. Spending money on private sector activities - contracts with private construction firms to build roads, for instance - creates wealth just as much as a private firm contracting with another to build something would.
You guys spew alot of lame platitudes you learned on other boards, but you never think them through or explain them.
Stimulus isn't about creating wealth.
Sure it is.
Yes.
You need to have money to spend money.
They're spending money.
Maybe someone else will put some effort into an answer.
Stimulus isn't about creating wealth.
Sure it is.
Yes.
They're spending money.
Maybe someone else will put some effort into an answer.
They're spending our money. All they're doing is giving it back to us, then turning around and taking more. How is that creating wealth?
Because the only source of revenue has, is taxes. The governmen doesn't make money. Government can only collect taxes. You can create wealth with tax money. All you're doing is re-cycling money.
They're spending our money. All they're doing is giving it back to us, then turning around and taking more. How is that creating wealth?
They aren't GIVING it back to you. They are putting people to work. Those people take the money and spend it, putting more people to work, etc. It's not just a giveaway. If the government were just sending people checks for doing nothing, you'd be right. But that's not what's happening.
Ah, I see what you mean.
You're dismissing the multiplier effect. The money spent is spent again, and again, with value added by labor along the way. That creates wealth. It gets the economy back to sustaining itself.
You're also confusing wealth with income, I think.
They're spending our money. All they're doing is giving it back to us, then turning around and taking more. How is that creating wealth?
They aren't GIVING it back to you. They are putting people to work. Those people take the money and spend it, putting more people to work, etc. It's not just a giveaway. If the government were just sending people checks for doing nothing, you'd be right. But that's not what's happening.
LOL...The government cannot put money in everyone's pocket. The government doesn't have that much money. The private sector is going to have to fill the void that government can't. Hence, creating wealth. Creating a few temporary lower end jobs isn't creating wealth. Those workers aren't going to rush out and buy a house, or a car, or a boat, or a motorcycle. They're only going to buy the neccessities. Only buying the neccessities isn't going to cause growth in the private sector. Why is this so hard for you grasp?
The multiplier effect won't work in this environment.
And, wealth and income are the same thing. If I made $20,000 last year and I make $30,000 this year, wealth has been created.
Only the private sector can do that. The government has never caused that effect for a private citizen.
LOL...The government cannot put money in everyone's pocket. The government doesn't have that much money. The private sector is going to have to fill the void that government can't. Hence, creating wealth.
Exactly.
The government isn't putting money in everyone's pocket, and I never said it needed to.
Creating a few temporary lower end jobs isn't creating wealth. Those workers aren't going to rush out and buy a house, or a car, or a boat, or a motorcycle. They're only going to buy the neccessities. Only buying the neccessities isn't going to cause growth in the private sector. Why is this so hard for you grasp?
Necessities don't matter? They aren't part of the economy?
Did it occur to you that the people SELLING the necessities will go buy cars and boats? And then the people SELLING the cars and boats will go buy more stuff? And so on?
Multiplier effect. Basic economics.
Why not? Be specific please.
Really? Go tell that to the people with stimulus jobs. Tell it to the contractors building roads and stuff. Then tell it to those who supply them, and so son.
Why not? Be specific please.
Whoa, hold on. You think an INCREASE in income is wealth? If I make the same salary as last year, no wealth has been created? You're confused.
BTW, I was talking about income for the government. That's irrelevant to whether the government creates wealth. Like I said, a dollar is a dollar.
Really? Go tell that to the people with stimulus jobs. Tell it to the contractors building roads and stuff. Then tell it to those who supply them, and so son.