http://www.profswitzer.com/blog/2010/01/saved-or-created-nonsense/ Economics, Politics, Entertainment and Life in Academia Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:37:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.profswitzer.com/blog/2010/01/saved-or-created-nonsense/comment-page-1/#comment-4727 HACER Weekly News Report USA | US: Battle Of The Speeches – by Art Carden Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:36:34 +0000 http://www.profswitzer.com/blog/?p=1203#comment-4727 [...] And they do their catering by making claims of dubious theoretical and empirical merit, like “jobs saved or created,” and by supporting “in the name of the poor, no less” policies that make poor [...] [...] And they do their catering by making claims of dubious theoretical and empirical merit, like “jobs saved or created,” and by supporting “in the name of the poor, no less” policies that make poor [...]

]]> http://www.profswitzer.com/blog/2010/01/saved-or-created-nonsense/comment-page-1/#comment-4678 Fever Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:11:25 +0000 http://www.profswitzer.com/blog/?p=1203#comment-4678 I couldn’t agree more with what you wrote but it also misses the point on the jobs question. Of course stimulus spending will create jobs no matter how wasteful or appropriate that spending is. The problem is that every dollar spent needs to be paid back. So it's ultimately a question of who is most likely to spend that money more efficiently the Government or the people? When you factor in costs of collecting taxes, interest paid on Government debt and poorly spent stimulus monies the answer to that question has got to be the people. I couldn’t agree more with what you wrote but it also misses the point on the jobs question. Of course stimulus spending will create jobs no matter how wasteful or appropriate that spending is. The problem is that every dollar spent needs to be paid back. So it’s ultimately a question of who is most likely to spend that money more efficiently the Government or the people? When you factor in costs of collecting taxes, interest paid on Government debt and poorly spent stimulus monies the answer to that question has got to be the people.

]]> http://www.profswitzer.com/blog/2010/01/saved-or-created-nonsense/comment-page-1/#comment-4658 Benjamin Seghers Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:20:08 +0000 http://www.profswitzer.com/blog/?p=1203#comment-4658 Enlightening. Thanks. Enlightening. Thanks.

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