Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site whuxl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!whuxl!orb From: orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: The WSJ on Reaganomics:manipulating demand Message-ID: <389@whuxl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 18:44:57 EST Article-I.D.: whuxl.389 Posted: Fri Dec 7 18:44:57 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Dec-84 06:20:11 EST References: <421@hogpd.UUCP> <22400054@ea.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs Lines: 24 > > > Do you really believe that only *producers* contribute to the economy? > > Why does the private sector then include so many people in advertising, > > management, entertainment (very highly paid, too), restaurants, etc. etc. > > Lets see, if somebody doesn't produce, then they can't be adding wealth to > the economy, so yeah, I do believe that only producers contribute to the > economy. Entertainment *is* wealth, so entertainers are productive. > Similarly for restaurants. I can't explain advertisers :-). > >