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Re: I just got my slice of gov't cheese...
« Reply #15 on: June 18, 2008, 03:51:15 AM »
Actually spending it on crap will stimulate the retail ecconemy.
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Re: I just got my slice of gov't cheese...
« Reply #16 on: June 18, 2008, 06:48:05 AM »
True. But is it really stimulating anything to give it to people, then? If the government spent it on extra binders for clerks or something, I don't see how that would be different for the economy than TV's.
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Quote from: Gopher Gary on October 11, 2015, 06:41:29 PM
You'll never self-actualize the subconscious canopy of stardust with that attitude.

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Re: I just got my slice of gov't cheese...
« Reply #17 on: June 18, 2008, 07:31:48 AM »
It also buys votes.

Must be a world wide thing, we get something similar, like 600 for each kid you have or something, for the last number of years...
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Re: I just got my slice of gov't cheese...
« Reply #18 on: June 18, 2008, 07:34:18 AM »
Yeah, I know it buys votes, but I was wondering whether it was effective as an economic decision. I know jack shit about economics but I'm curious.
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Quote from: Gopher Gary on October 11, 2015, 06:41:29 PM
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Re: I just got my slice of gov't cheese...
« Reply #19 on: June 18, 2008, 07:46:29 AM »
Probably. I have a feeling it has to do with people maybe feeling its like free money, so they view it differently and are more likely to spend it rather than save it and view it as their hard earned cash when in reality it kinda is, cos that money came from taxes etc...

Sometimes stupid shit like that actually has some smarts behind it.
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