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To: Road Walker who wrote (363248)	12/17/2007 2:57:48 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577029

JF, > I never said that the "end goal" of government spending should be to "put money into the economy". I just said that is the net effect. I agree with most everything you said in your post, except the above. The "net effect" depends on how big of a picture you are looking at. In a local time frame, deficit spending will indeed have a positive effect on the economy. In a local geographic or demographic area, government spending will indeed have a positive effect on those directly affected. But with government spending, there is always a cost. Whether the cost is place on other taxpayers or on future taxpayers, the "net effect" is almost always negative unless the services provided by the government represent a net positive for society, such as sewer systems, interstate highways, etc. (Hence my old post: Message 24136167 ) Tenchusatsu