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What theory have you been reading?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cn...-spending/index.html?client=ms-android-att-us
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.bu...o-the-economy-2016-2?client=ms-android-att-us
https://mises.org/library/saving-bad-economy
Rising savings rate could cause problem for economy - Feb. 12, 2009
https://research.stlouisfed.org/pub...-is-saving-good-or-bad-the-paradox-of-thrift/
Theory indicates that a general vat does least damage to an economy. If you don't want to reduce consumption, restrict government spending to public goods.
Consumption in one period reduces investment cp reducing availability of goods in later periods. That's the principle.