http://www.dailyplunge.com/2010/02/weve-got-to-spend-our-way-out-of-this-mess/ Plunging Towards Gomorrah Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:36:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.dailyplunge.com/2010/02/weve-got-to-spend-our-way-out-of-this-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-1590 nemov Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:30:12 +0000 http://www.dailyplunge.com/?p=1925#comment-1590 Ever heard of the Great Depression? The government spent money for 14 years and the economy never got any better. Our nation is too debt ridden to spend our way out of this mess. Ever heard of the Great Depression? The government spent money for 14 years and the economy never got any better.
Our nation is too debt ridden to spend our way out of this mess.

]]> http://www.dailyplunge.com/2010/02/weve-got-to-spend-our-way-out-of-this-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-1589 Eli Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:03:26 +0000 http://www.dailyplunge.com/?p=1925#comment-1589 Ummm... yes? Ever heard of John Maynard Keynes? And the idea is not that spending helps the economy in good times - but as a demand-side stimulus in recessions. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynes" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynes</a> Ummm… yes? Ever heard of John Maynard Keynes? And the idea is not that spending helps the economy in good times – but as a demand-side stimulus in recessions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynes

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