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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (623592)	8/9/2011 9:49:53 AM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578238

Easy. In "not spending", you're not spending money you confiscated from the private sector. Seems rather silly to confiscate money from the private sector so you can give it back to the private sector. No wait, that's "redistribution of wealth" isn't it?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (623592)	8/9/2011 9:56:30 AM
From: Sdgla	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578238

Unable to muster up the brain cells to back up your position.. not a surprise. Check out : U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time www.usdebtclock.org/ This this the result of big gov over reaching and spending your great grandchildrens money... with zero return. Did you listen to Obama's speech yesterday ? How much have you paid into unemployment insurance JF ?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (623592)	8/9/2011 10:21:49 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1578238

Van Jones and MoveOn Use Kids to Push Left-Wing Initiativehttp://www.breitbart.tv/van-jones-and-moveon-use-kids-to-push-left-wing-initiative/ brown shirts coming home to roost

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (623592)	8/9/2011 11:56:29 AM
From: TimF	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578238

If you explain how not spending improves business... Easy. If you spend money you either tax it, pulling it out of the private sector, or borrow it which pulls it out of the economy as well (unless you have a massive amount of money flowing in from other countries, and even that money is money that could have bought American products but instead feeds the government), while also (at current levels of debt and deficits) creates fear for the future, and is one more factor discouraging hiring and large long term investment. With transfer payments fewer resources are actually consumed by the government, but it does consume some in the process of transferring them around, and it still discourages investment and hard work by those with skills in high demand since they are hit with the highest tax rates and face the prospect of those rates going up (since the Democrats are pushing for higher taxes and since high debt creates pressure for higher taxes even if there is no way higher taxes can be enough).