Category: Economics
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
‘Stimulus or sedative?‘
Abraham Lincoln once asked an audience how many legs a dog has, if you called the tail a leg? When the audience said “five,“ Lincoln corrected them, saying that the answer was four. “The fact that you call a tail a leg does not make it a leg.“
That same principle applies today. The fact that politicians call something a “stimulus” does not make it a stimulus. The fact that they call something a “jobs bill” does not mean there will be more jobs.
What have been the actual consequences of all the hundreds of billions of dollars the government has spent? The idea behind the spending is that it will cause investors to invest, lenders to lend and employers to employ. Full Piece
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