Unexpected spur for the economy and job growth...

[spectrrr]

I wrote a somewhat lengthy and slightly rambling commentary about this in the gun thread last week. Fair warning, it's a long read

I don't guarantee its 100% accurate, in fact I'll guarantee there's a few mistakes in there but it's food for thought. Stimulating one area of the economy with money that was going to be spent in a different area of the economy is not really stimulation at all. It's just reallocation of household funds from one project to another. At least the firearm industry has a higher proportion of "Made in America" products than say, the electronics industry does.

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showth...72#post1786872

[Bondo 287]

Originally Posted by spectrrr

........... Stimulating one area of the economy with money that was going to be spent in a different area of the economy is not really stimulation at all. It's just reallocation of household funds from one project to another.

Yep I give you $40 for cigars. You give it to your wife for a hairdo. Hairdresser goes and gets a tank of gas where my kid works part time. My kid gets paid and gives me $40 for his cell phone bill......

Basically the same $40 goes around in a circle. I worked with a State Funded Program that would get us connected with their international reps. We would export out them and get their money into the State. That's how you get growth. A couple times a year I'd get a project going with the Russians, Africans, whatever. Your point is absolutely valid, Spex.