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   From: dead@gone.com   
      
   On Fri, 24 May 2013 17:16:07 -0700, linuxgal wrote:   
      
   > Zepp wrote:   
   >> One reason there hasn't been a massive exodus from California despite   
   >> the tax hikes is because the extra money floating around is causing the   
   >> economy to take off, and if taxes are up, well, profits are up even   
   >> more.   
   >   
   > Money is an innovation to streamline what used to happen with pure   
   > barter.  It's just markers used in exchange for things and services of   
   > real value.  Inject money into an economy at the same time you penalize   
   > the producers and you do not cause growth.  This is basic common sense.   
      
   And yet we have growth, and lo and fucking behold, the producers are   
   happy.   
      
   Maybe your economic reality doesn't match reality.  Just the notion that   
   money does no more than "streamline barter" suggests it needs work.   
      
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