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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (239398)	2/20/2008 6:11:24 PM
From: alanrs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793957

"I guess it gets down to the basic question - does the economy do better if I spend my money or if the government spends it? Further, does the economy do better if I save or if the government takes my money and spends it? Simple answers do not exist." To those questions, simple answers do exist. ARS

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (239398)	2/21/2008 2:39:41 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793957

Bob, I said much the same thing today earlier to another friend.... >>>>The real difference we see today is the belief that a) the State is the giver of all things, and therefore the taker away of all things.... or b) the Individual has the ultimate control of his destiny, managing his own affairs as much as possible, and obeying the civil laws set up by his/her representatives. We are at a crossroads. So was Rome at one time. We know what happened there.<<<<< I guess it gets down to the basic question - does the economy do better if I spend my money or if the government spends it? Further, does the economy do better if I save or if the government takes my money and spends it?