Comments on: The Fix https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/06/14/the-fix/ Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:27:14 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TB https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/06/14/the-fix/#comment-2248 TB Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:54:43 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=1709#comment-2248 Of course it's a joke, but it reflects the fundamental theory of "stimulus" economics. Give people a shitload of money and they'll spend it and bring our industries back into shape. What is always overlooked is where that money has to come from. Does it really make sense to raise taxes on a business so the money can be handed to someone to buy something from that business? Of course it’s a joke, but it reflects the fundamental theory of “stimulus” economics. Give people a shitload of money and they’ll spend it and bring our industries back into shape. What is always overlooked is where that money has to come from. Does it really make sense to raise taxes on a business so the money can be handed to someone to buy something from that business?

]]> By: FrankC https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/06/14/the-fix/#comment-2247 FrankC Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:48:23 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=1709#comment-2247 I assume it is intended as a joke since we are talking about 40 trillion bucks. I totally agree with the idea of congressmen living on SS and Medicare. That would be sort of dictatorial, but that's the way I roll. :) I assume it is intended as a joke since we are talking about 40 trillion bucks.

I totally agree with the idea of congressmen living on SS and Medicare. That would be sort of dictatorial, but that’s the way I roll. :)

]]> By: TB https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/06/14/the-fix/#comment-2214 TB Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:38:57 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=1709#comment-2214 Does anyone who gets this e-mail ever sit down and multiply 40 million people by a million dollars? Our entire GDP is about $14 trillion. Does anyone who gets this e-mail ever sit down and multiply 40 million people by a million dollars?

Our entire GDP is about $14 trillion.

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