but...but...but... your definition doesn't attach a timeframe to said response. it's an action... in this case the act of trying to reduce the # of smokers, meant to provoke a response... in this case reducing the $ spent on medical treatments for smokers (and i'll add the additional side-effect of a healthier population).
trust me, I'm mister instant-gratification. I do a sit-up, I don't see six-pack abs, and I give up on exercising altogether for another year until I can motivate myself to try that sit-up again (goto 10). i do understand that there's a crisis that does need immediate attention, and I'll trust (for now) that there are items that are meant to provoke the response in the short-term. but does a stimulus (or even -this- stimulus) necessarily need to be limited to short-term goals? On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > But that is not a STIMULUS. That is long term spending. > > stimulus: an action, condition, or person that provokes a response, > especially a conditioned > response<http://www.answers.com/topic/conditioned-response>. > > > The idea of the stimulus is to inject money into the system, and get things > moving again. > > "won't happen overnight" = "not a stimulus" > > It may be a great idea. But long-term projects are not immediate priorities > handled by a special stimulus. (I think. LOL) > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Charlie Griefer > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > I don't know how long it would be. I agree it would be long-term... but > > not > > sure why that'd be a bad thing? certain things won't happen overnight. > > nothing wrong with setting a foundation. IMO, of course :) > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:287357 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
