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To: TimF who wrote (299991)8/14/2006 9:54:21 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575182
 
"If they didn't directly create something they would be likely to be contributing towards the creation of some good or service."

As do transfer payments and the like. Getting money in the hands of people who spend it on low margin goods has a high multiplier on the velocity of the money in the economy. And that drives consumer spending.

Don't you know anything about economics?