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Originally Posted by kirakira
You have to spend money INVESTING to make money, i.e. build infrastructure so Americans can raise their exports to pay off their stupendous debt. But all the stimulous bill does is spend more money on CONSUMPTION (buy MORE cars, MORE iPods, MORE Plasma TVs) which can't be considered wealth generating assets so essentially, no the stimulous bill is crap.
Oh and when's the last time Command economy worked? Let's see.... never. So don't even think about making the argument that the government knows better than the market where to invest in an economy through stimulous spending. Bullocks.
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This is not what this thread is about, so we should really refocus...