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rfranklin

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1. Sure, giving people less money to spend will surely spur the economy...

Reply to Tony_FLADEM (Original post)

Sat Jul 7, 2012, 05:27 AM

Jul 2012

Why, as a business owner, would I hire another worker when I can pay the one I have less and make them work more? Besides, the customers I have who are now being paid less are spending less so I certainly am not going to hire more workers.

Those Republican economists have a problem with logic.

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Floridians' paychecks are smaller in 2012, Labor Department report shows [View all] Tony_FLADEM Jul 2012 OP

Sure, giving people less money to spend will surely spur the economy... rfranklin Jul 2012 #1