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From: orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: The WSJ on Reaganomics:manipulating demand
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Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 18:44:57 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  7 18:44:57 1984
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> > 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.
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> 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 :-).
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