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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (363231)	12/17/2007 1:50:54 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576826

"but when government needs to provide a service, that should never be confused with "putting money into the economy."" Right. Tim's theory that the money gets eaten. Ok, Tench, where does the money go if not into the economy? Outer space? A black hole? Where?

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (363231)	12/17/2007 1:59:02 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576826

Of course not, but when government needs to provide a service, that should never be confused with "putting money into the economy." Why? That's exactly what it is. Reminds me of tax-n-spend liberals "creating jobs" by hiring more government employees at the taxpayer's expense. A LOT more government jobs were created under Bush than "liberal" Clinton. In fact he claimed to shrink government employment, which I believe is still in dispute. But he did make the effort. Government, I believe, is the countries number one employer (at least it was at one point). You can't deny governments influence on the economy. And a lot of the spending is for important public works and infrastructure... things that allow all of us to be creative in other businesses. Government spending is not evil...