On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > ChuckG wrote: > > as far as whether or not each item is wasteful... how are you > determining? > > where is the ROI for each? > > > > Doesn't matter. That's the thing I it seems just aren't getting. > > Our banking system is insolvent, consumers aren't coming back, and > businesses aren't either if consumers don't. > > Dump. Money. Into. The. Economy. > > So how did I determine it? If it requires buying stuff or hiring > people it's great. > > At only 2% of total stimulus, even if the effect is minimal, it's > still 2% out into the economy. > > And, frankly - 1 stimulus is going to be the first of 3. Or more. > I'd have preferred the 0.5% :) There are items on your list that I'd agree with your assessment, and items that I'd disagree with. I'm OK with leaving it at that. But one thing I'm curious about. You think spending towards smoking cessation programs is wasteful (I guess you think all those lung cancer and emphysema patients will keep medical professionals and pharmaceutical company employees employed), but spending towards tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction would not be wasteful. Seems... illogical? My sister is a nutritionist in AZ and spends a good deal of time on reservations. I've heard stories from her, so I'm not in the dark about the issues there. But seems odd that you'd be in favor of spending $ on a relatively small subset of the population that has a particular addiction... but not those in the general public that have an addiction. Sup with that? -- I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love my wife. And I wish you my kind of success. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287297 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
