Think of money as a current (it's not called currency for nothing), as in an air current or a river. Now, the "value" of money is intrinsically to how fast is flows and in how big a volume it flows. We don't think much of small creeks, but we stand in awe at the banks of large rivers.
The "tax and spend" mud that Republicans fling at the Democrats all the time is backward thinking. Go to any small, conservative town and compare how people live compared with their counterparts in big cities. In small towns people are typically considered "tight fisted" -- they don't spend much. In large cities, it's common for money to just flow. The small town will stay a small town so long as the spend-thrift attitude remains. The large city probably got large because, in it, people saw opportunity and invested their cold hard cash, liberally.
As they say, "You have to spend money to make money." So now, back to our Government. Consider it a huge cauldron of potential. When stagnant air is heated, it begins to rise. In it's place flows cold air, which is potentially heated by the same original source and it rises. Eventually, this process forms what we call a "convection current". Now, apply this analogy to our economy. Just as the main sustaiuning source of life on earth is the heat we get from the sun, the source of our economic health is our dear Government.
When the government is directed to stop spending, the rest of the economy gets the flu! What Republican supporters are doing is thinking in very simplistic, short-sighted terms. The conservative, anti-tax-and-spend rhetoric sounds right, but could not be farther from the way a healthy economy actually works.
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Re:WTF is going on here!?!
Posted by: soloport on July 02, 2004 11:11 PMThe "tax and spend" mud that Republicans fling at the Democrats all the time is backward thinking. Go to any small, conservative town and compare how people live compared with their counterparts in big cities. In small towns people are typically considered "tight fisted" -- they don't spend much. In large cities, it's common for money to just flow. The small town will stay a small town so long as the spend-thrift attitude remains. The large city probably got large because, in it, people saw opportunity and invested their cold hard cash, liberally.
As they say, "You have to spend money to make money." So now, back to our Government. Consider it a huge cauldron of potential. When stagnant air is heated, it begins to rise. In it's place flows cold air, which is potentially heated by the same original source and it rises. Eventually, this process forms what we call a "convection current". Now, apply this analogy to our economy. Just as the main sustaiuning source of life on earth is the heat we get from the sun, the source of our economic health is our dear Government.
When the government is directed to stop spending, the rest of the economy gets the flu! What Republican supporters are doing is thinking in very simplistic, short-sighted terms. The conservative, anti-tax-and-spend rhetoric sounds right, but could not be farther from the way a healthy economy actually works.
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