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coalition_unwilling

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9. Keynes argued that it was better to have the unemployed digging holes and filling them back in (and

Reply to 4th law of robotics (Reply #6)

Tue Jun 5, 2012, 11:33 AM

Jun 2012

getting paid wages to do so) than have them sitting at home idle without wages.

Utility and transportation infrastructure (think Hoover Dam) would be icing on the cake.

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