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To: SilentZ who wrote (456519)2/14/2009 4:09:52 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1576866
 
Z, the point is that the research might or might not be useful in the long-term, but to call it a "stimulus" is wrong.

> I don't get why you can't understand the difference between spending that has a positive effect on society and spending that's wasteful.

I hear some in the mainstream media is wondering out loud whether even wasteful spending should be considered a "stimulus."

Tenchusatsu