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To: i-node who wrote (92588)	9/4/2018 12:49:43 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 365826

If there is no investment you're not going to get much growth. However true that is (and I agree with it), you also will not get much investment if there is no demand. Unless you are the Chinese and have access to unlimited funds, as I was trying to point out in the post you are responding to. You can get plenty of "investment" without sustainable growth if it isn't responding to real demand (or, sometimes, creating it, as e.g. Apple did with some of their products).

To: i-node who wrote (92588)	9/4/2018 12:59:19 PM
From: Steve Lokness	1 Recommendation Recommended By pocotrader Respond to of 365826

<<<< I learned this simple stuff when I was 17>>>> You learned wrong! Lets just look at housing as it always has pushed economic growth. As interest rates rise, housing becomes more expensive and fewer people buy. You can produce more and more housing as you suggest (think 2006) and that is growth for the short term. But soon the market becomes bloated with houses that nobody wants (think 2007). Building more house DOES NOT INCREASE DEMAND. Never has and never will. Consumer decisions increase demand. Since housing became too expensive and when the public loses their confidence in the economy - the house building slows and sometime (think 2008) it slows significantly and the economy and GNP can slip into recession (think late 2008). .........What would you do? Build more houses? The idea is complete fruitiness. Go take an economics 100 course!!!

To: i-node who wrote (92588)	9/4/2018 2:10:02 PM
From: zzpat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 365826

Take a look at the first two companies that hit $1 trillion, Amazon and Apple. They both started out with very little cash, little or no investment and just an idea. Innovation comes first. You have to have a good idea. Almost all the great tech companies share two things. They're created by and run by liberals. Amazon uses very liberal hiring and employment practices and the CEO says he's libertarian and not liberal, but none of them (that I know of) are run by or were created by conservatives. Studies show us that a diverse management and employee team create 14% more profit which is why liberalism in the workforce is so successful.