Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!jtsv16!brian
From: brian@jtsv16.UUCP (Brian A. Jarvis)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: Discretionary Expenditures (was Re: Tax Revolt Now!!)
Message-ID: <1075@jtsv16.UUCP>
Date: 17 Aug 89 10:59:07 GMT
Article-I.D.: jtsv16.1075
References:  <2409@client1.DRETOR.UUCP>
Reply-To: brian@jtsv16.jts.com (Brian A. Jarvis)
Organization: JTS Computer Systems Ltd., Toronto
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In article <2409@client1.DRETOR.UUCP> kevin@client1.dciem.dnd.ca (Socrates) writes:
>In article  kim@watsup.waterloo.edu (T. Kim Nguyen) writes:
>> [Won't people start cutting back when they realize they're living beyond
>>  their means?]
>
> [No.]
>
>No, the only thing likely to make people reduce their discretionary
>expenditures is financial responsibility.  But, we don't get it from our
>businesses or even our government, so why should we expect it from our
>people?  Maybe by making credit illegal :-) ?

Reverse the logic and you've got a better chance of being right.  We don't
believe in living within our means, and we've elected numerous governments
reflecting that philosophy.

Myself, I'm waiting for one rip-roaring, gonzo-whopper, Biblical-style
recession.  But, damn it, it looks like we'll get a soft landing
instead!  B{)

>--- Kevin Picott   NTT Systems, Inc., Toronto, Ontario

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