Yeah. What Larry said.
Larry Price ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > >The paragraph you mention is a misconstrual of keynesianism, >in "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" Keynes made a >comment that it might almost make sense to pay the unemployed to dig holes >in the ground and fill them in for the sake of the economic activity that >would be generated as a consequence. Buying windows XP might bear a certain >isomorphism to the digging of holes (the adjective "deeper" comes to mind) >but it puts the money in the hands of someone who already has more money >than they know what to do with, and who is unlikely to spend it; which is >where the part about getting the economy moving again comes into play. > >Remember money that is not being spent is not creating any econmic >activity. > > >On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Bob Miller wrote: > >> Ralph Zeller wrote: >> >> > Now, now. Windows XP is very secure: >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7050-2001Dec20.html >> >> That article includes this paragraph: >> >> > The flaws, discovered five weeks ago by independent security >> > researchers, threatened to undermine widespread adoption of >> > Microsoft's latest Windows software, which many hope will be an >> > economic catalyst for the sagging technology industry. >> >> So giving Microsoft more money counts as stimulating the economy? >> >> I have a better idea. Tell your friends to give me all their money, >> and, in exchange, I won't make their computers run any worse. The >> economy will benefit, your friends will benefit (relative to buying >> XP), and, of course, I'll benefit, but I'm really doing this for the >> economy. >> >> Remember, the more you give me, the better the economy gets! >> >> -- >> Bob Miller K<bob> >> kbobsoft software consulting >> http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >http://www.efn.org/~laprice ( Community, Cooperation, Consensus >http://www.opn.org ( Openness to serendipity, make mistakes >http://www.efn.org/~laprice/poems ( but learn from them.(carpe fructus ludi) >http://allie.office.efn.org/phpwiki/index.php?OregonPublicNetworking > >
