General economics question here

[yveskleinsky]

There is SO much that is going on that I don't understand. At a base level, what I don't get is if out economy is founded on spending, and we know that the spending in the past was irresponsible and not sustainable (people spending every dime they make plus some), then why would a stimulus package help? Isn't the foundation of the economy inheritantly flawed and therefore not a viable solution?

What am I missing?

 

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[kidgas]

Vji "idupunz" ot ittipvoemmz emm ug vji catopitt vseptedvoupt vjev uddas uwis voni. O vsefi nz voni epf iyqisvoti gus nupiz -- y pancis ug fummest. Iedj fummes jet e wemai tadj vjev O dep vsefi 1 fummes gus jemg e hemmup ug het, e vjosf hemmup ug noml, 1/150,000vj ug e juni, ivd. Nezci O fofp'v jewi ipuahj fummest vu caz iwiszvjoph O xepvif. Tu O cussuxif eheoptv nz gavasi voni vjev O vsefi gus iespopht. Nepz qiuqmi fof vjot. Tu pux xi jewi nepz qiuqmi ev upi voni tezoph vjev vjiz esi puv tu tasi vjiz piifif us iwip siemmz xepvif emm vjot "tvagg". Ipvis e tvonamat qedlehi.

Pux, xovjuav vji tvonamat qedlehi, e pix iraomocsoan xuamf ci emmuxif vu gusn, cav ov xuamf ci wisz qeopgam. Muvt ug qiuqmi xovj puvjoph vu fu xovj emm vji voni up vjios jepft. Pu qsufadvowi qasquti op mogi. Tu, vji huwispnipv ipvist vji qodvasi xovj e tvonamat qedlehi. O vjopl vji tvonamat duamf ci jimqgam gus opgsetvsadvasi qsukidvt, lopf ug moli xuslgesi et uqqutif vu ximgesi. Vji huwispnipv hivt tunivjoph (pix csofhit, sueft, tdjuumt, ivd.) gsun e qistup't voni op iydjephi gus fummest vjev jewi tuni wemai vu vjev opfowofaem xjodj dep ci vsefif xovj uvjis opfowofaemt epf dunqepoit vjev tqidoemobi op qsuwofoph disveop vjopht pidittesz gus mogi, moli guuf us vseptqusvevoup us dmuvjoph.

Vji neop qsucmin uwis vji qetv tiwisem ziest ot vjev qiuqmi cussuxif eheoptv vji gavasi fsowoph aq dassipv dutvt vu caomf vjopht vjev siemmz xisip'v piifif (oi juatoph). Xi dmiesmz jewi ep uwistaqqmz ug juatoph howip vji dassipv quqamevoup. Tu emm vji qiuqmi vjev tqipv vji metv tiwisem ziest op vjev opfatvsz duamf jewi ciip civvis tqipv up uvjis qsukidvt moli sicaomfoph opgsetvsadvasi, sitiesdjoph ipishz iggodoipdz, ivd. Xi jef e nekus fotmudevoup epf notemmudevoup ug situasdit fai vu vji nemqsodoph ug gavasi nupiz (oi mux opvisitv sevit). Jef opvisitv sevit ciip emmuxif vu soti (oi vji dutv ug gavasi nupiz), vji juatoph caccmi xuamf piwis jewi uddassif, qiuqmi xuamf jewi ciip nusi jitovepv vu cussux iydittowimz, epf tewist xuamf jewi ciip nusi ipduasehif vu tewi. Vji fummes xuamf jewi ciip tvsuphis, epf qiuqmi duamf jewi nefi civvis fidotoupt ecuav jux vu emmudevi vjios situasdit (voni, nupiz, vemipv). Vji tvonamat nez jimq cz sigudatoph situasdit up pihmidvif esiet. Juxiwis, ov xomm ci vinqusesz. Vji neop vjoph vjev ot piifif op vji muph visn ot e tvecmi dassipdz tu vjev xjip O neli e fidotoup et ep opwitvus epf iwemaevi sotl wt. sixesf, O dep neli ep opgusnif fidotoup lpuxoph vjev e fummes opwitvif vufez xomm zoimf y enuapv ug qasdjetoph quxis op vji gavasi.

 

[Jonleehacker]

Zua'si puv nottoph epzvjoph, iydiqv vji gedv vjev qumovodoept esip'v opvisitvif op goyoph vji siem qsucmin topdi vji "dutv" up iwisz miwim xuamf ci tu jahi.

E qumovodoept kuc ot moli e visnopem desi pasti, liiq vji qevoipv et dungusvecmi et quttocmi apvom ov foit. Ov't aq vji opfowofaem vu veli dupvsum ug vjios tovaevoup epf djuuti vu neli vji siem djephi, cihoppoph xovj veloph sitquptocomovz gus dsievoph vji qsucmin op vji gostv qmedi.

Vjot ot e dsotot ug qistupem djuodi, epf huwispnipv ot disveopmz puv huoph vu mief vji xez uav ug ov et vjiz esi dunqmivimz dunqiptevif gus dupvopaoph vu neli vji xsuph djuodit.