On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > The smoking cessation program, as i understand it, will not create any new > jobs. it will not save at risk jobs. it will not buy any meaningful amount > of durable goods. it _will_ have a very-long-term benefit. > > That (to me) is not perfect. >
I've not read any details about it, so please feel free to correct me if i'm wrong :) wouldn't it create new jobs in the way of counselors (assuming that's one of the routes they go)? could they make drugs like chantix more readily available to people (a months' supply of chantix is currently about $130)? increased demand there would mean more jobs at pharmaceutical companies. the short of it is... i think it could create jobs. If the smoking cessation programs put new people to work (rather than just > adding money to a single advertising company, and adding money to a tv > network), and had a SHORT TERM benefit equal to the money spent, and _also_ > had a LONG TERM benefit, then it fits the stimulus bill. > even assuming it's a single advertising company... in theory, wouldn't the additional revenue for that company trickle down to its employees? won't they go out and buy stuff or spend money on services? > As Gruss points out hourly, we need to get the stimulus money into people's > pockets NOW, and need to put it into the pockets of people who are going to > _spend_ it NOW. And hopefully that money gets spent over, and over, and > over > again. > > We cannot afford to put that money into the pockets of people who are > comfortably leaving the money in their pocket (or putting it into their > savings account, or paying off their boat). > I don't think the smoking cessation initiative would necessarily be limited in benefit to rich folks paying off their boats. I guess I'd need to read the details and execution plan before I could really speak intelligently about it tho. I just hate to let things like that stop me :) -- 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:287394 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
