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[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

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Moody's did an interesting study on Food Stamp's as economic stimulus.

Food stamps offer best stimulus - study - Jan. 29, 2008

-spence

right, government borrowing money to provide foodstamps, unemployment benefits that never end and welfare in general are great ways to stimulate a stagnent economy.....we should just borrow more and put everyone on the dole ...wait...that appears to be what we ARE doing...

hey, if you follow that article to the end there are some links listed and highlighted...the first is "5 Signs of Dimensia"...I think they're all contained in that article

[spence]

Originally Posted by scottw

right, government borrowing money to provide foodstamps, unemployment benefits that never end and welfare are great ways to stimulate a stagnent economy.....we should just borrow more and put everyone on the dole ...wait...that appears to be what we ARE doing...

Typical irrational response.

-spence

[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

Typical irrational response.

-spence

irrational???

you just posted "Food stamps offer best stimulus"

too funny

[spence]

Originally Posted by scottw

irrational???

you just posted "Food stamps offer best stimulus"

too funny

Read it.

-spence

[scottw]

I did, it measures the most effective sugar rush if you are going to dump borrowed money into the economy....we've had massive "stimulus", a couple of recovery summers and I believe we just found out that July was a new record for new Food Stampees- long after Bush and the so-called recovery......I guess the economy should be singing base on your theory, but it's teetering and growth in anemic....

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Pa...amp-recipients

“For Every Person Added to Jobs Rolls Since January 2009, 75 People Added To Food Stamp Rolls.”
http://www.infowars.com/food-stamp-g...-job-creation/


"This time the USDA delayed its release nine days past the semi-official deadline, far past the election, and until Friday night to report August foodstamp data. One glance at the number reveals why: at 47.1 million, this was not only a new all time record, but the monthly increase of 420,947 from July was the biggest monthly increase in one year."

[spence]

Originally Posted by scottw

I did, it measures the most effective sugar rush if you are going to dump borrowed money into the economy....we've had massive "stimulus", a couple of recovery summers and I believe we just found out that 2011 was a new record for new Food Stampees- long after Bush and the so-called recovery......I guess the economy should be singing base on your theory, but it's teetering and growth in anemic....

Huh? Nobody is stating that food stamps are a fix, rather when isolated they offer a better return...

-spence

[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

Huh? Nobody is stating that food stamps are a fix, rather when isolated they offer a better return...

-spence

no they don't..if that were true we'd be seeing one hell of a return....in the long run this is a permanent expansion of government spending...as was most of the "stimulus"....they offer a better sugar rush if you view the economy as static, reduction of tax burden and regulation on business matched by reductions in government spending would be a much better alternative....but...can't reduce government spending can we?...this is the RI version of economic stimulus...increase $$ to those dependant on government making them more permanently dependant on government and then expand casino gambling so that you can bus them there on payday as well as sell them cigarettes and booze and lottery tickets = "revenue"....viola!

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

Huh? Nobody is stating that food stamps are a fix, rather when isolated they offer a better return...

-spence

Spence, if food stamps offer a great return, and food stamp use is at an all-time high, why aren't we seeing that great return?