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Old 03-15-2016, 11:59 PM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by woj View Post
what makes you think that government would spend the money any more "wisely" than you or I can? You give me a $1000 and maybe I'll spend it on hiring a carpenter to remodel my house a bit, or maybe I'll hire some person to help me grow my business? maybe this hiring of one person, will lead to growth in my business and will lead to additional 10 people getting hired down the road? what's wrong with that approach?
Maybe you will hire a carpenter, or buy more imported clothes, computers, etc. The Government does employ people. Your extra $1,000 put one out of a job, removes his tax and employment contributions, his shopping contribution and puts him on benefits.

You should be hiring people to grow your business if you can grow it. The problem with cutting spending is, there will be fewer people able to buy from you.

your model worked when the sacked Government Worker moved to work in the private sector. Now because that's gone. It's dead as a Dodo.
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