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   From: dead@gone.com   
      
   On Sat, 18 May 2013 10:33:56 -0500, Free Lunch wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 18 May 2013 08:19:16 -0800, linuxgal    
   > wrote in alt.atheism:   
   >   
   >>Zepp wrote:   
   >>> On Sat, 18 May 2013 06:28:40 -0800, linuxgal wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> >Free Lunch wrote:   
   >>>>> >>Austerity during a recovery from a massive recession is like   
   >>>>> >>blood-letting as a treatment for someone with a fever.   
   >>>> >   
   >>>> >Taking money out of the economy in the form of taxes and spending it   
   >>>> >to boost the economy is like trying to ward off starvation by eating   
   >>>> >a limb.   
   >>> The wealthy have already taken the money out of the economy.   
   >>   
   >>So what do they do, make mattresses out of it?  Money wants to go to   
   >>work.   
   >   
   > You confuse money with actual capital goods.   
      
   Money gravitates toward rent-seeking behaviour, converting capital goods   
   into an income stream with as little outlay as possible.  Good investment   
   strategy, but death to a society when it becomes pervasive.   
      
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