tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post3610851659569097961..comments2023-11-05T10:53:07.638+00:00Comments on Patently Rubbish: A Stupid and Naive Questionpatentlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602962323262055007noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-18753324581955823372009-01-22T17:26:00.000+00:002009-01-22T17:26:00.000+00:00You mean you want any government to pretty much st...You mean you want any government to pretty much start behaving as we have to in our daily lives to make ends meet and not behave like some out of control politician on a power binge justifying their position.<BR/><BR/>Good grief l would say that is very inconsiderate of you, they would not be politicians then they may start to be called member of the human race.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-49623562687700486712009-01-21T13:26:00.000+00:002009-01-21T13:26:00.000+00:00banks would have greater assests Yes - that's exac...<I>banks would have greater assests </I><BR/><BR/>Yes - that's exactly what I was thinking!<BR/><BR/>The only way to take money out of the economy is to waste it on unproductive uses. Whilst the people employed to do something pointless do still return their salaries to the economy, the amount returned is surely less than what <I>could</I> have been returned by the total of the amount spent on imported goods (new NHS computers, for example) and the lost opportunity cost - i.e. the growth that could have been achieved if the money had been put to a productive use.patentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602962323262055007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-35154144471287159042009-01-21T12:08:00.000+00:002009-01-21T12:08:00.000+00:00As far as I know, the left justify the use of gove...As far as I know, the left justify the use of government spending instead of tax cuts by pointing out that if you gave people the money during a recession, they'd probably put it in savings and it would leave the economy - whereas the government would use it to employ people and so on. This sounds kind of sensible on the surface, but...<BR/><BR/>Surely if there were more people depositing more money in more savings accounts, the banks would have greater assests with which to give loans to businesses which would then employ more people and get the economy back on track?<BR/><BR/>I'm not so sure there's any such thing as taking money <EM>out</EM> of the economy...Stuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07315721343398529214noreply@blogger.com