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Politics : Actual left/right wing discussion
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To: TimF who wrote (8632)11/24/2010 2:41:41 AM
From: dybdahl  Read Replies (1) of 10087
 
Ok - let's compare conscription to having the government hire young people to care for old people. There is no doubt, that the latter creates economic activity - so, why doesn't conscription? The military spends most of its money on purchases and wages (obviously), and wages are spent everywhere, and purchases create companies.

I think you are exploring the old concept of rich = having what people want. What if they want security? Many pay money to have guards, what if they buy security together, maybe on a government level? Or do you consider security guards to be economic non-activity? ;-)

What about hairdressers or games? How much value persists from WW2 from game playing, or haircuts? Absolutely none. By your definition, the entire computer game industry must be an economic non-activity ;-) (pun intended)
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