Harry Veeder wrote:

>There is no need for the government to intercede by taxing people or tell
>the consumer want it is they need, if a money-system was devised to
>create and give a certain amount of *spending* money to each consumer.
Such a system already exists: it's called Keynesian economics.
Unfortunately it requires a gov't to pull off. Under your system what
entity would distribute the spending money? Why would it? Where would
that money come from, if not the printing press (=hyperinflation
ultimately) or taxes? The devil is in the details--and we're not even
past the broad outlines yet.

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Tresy Kilbourne, Seattle WA
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