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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
What is proof to you?
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Pick out more of what you think are, "huge portions of money that went to non stimulus areas, huge expansion of unsustainable social programs and temporary fixes."
You see food stamps and see "entitlement". I see a whole chain of people that didn't lose jobs. Economic growth in the sense of expansion? Nope. But certainly, in a terrible economy, a contracting economy, there are economic benefits to keeping people working, and spending (paying rent, mortgage, buying food, etc); and also to not having those among us, in the highest unemployment, starve.
Yes, it's a subsidy, but one that keeps the economic engines humming. It means independent producers don't go out of business (forever) - in KY my local Kroger does buy local produce, too - and all the associated people keep spending their paychecks, buying gas and food, etc.
It buys time, yes - for the economy to get back to some stability (even mentally for people so they will spend) and thus, when the $19 million runs out - the grounds for growth and future expansion remain rather than disappear.
You know there have been multiple extensions of unemployment benefits over the past year - people are getting unemployment - and food stamp benefits - far longer than ever before in our history. In previous times they would have been out of luck on the entitlements, and still unemployed. Would you have them not receive this assistance? And there are more people receiving it nowadays, too.