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- From: jnielsen@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John F Nielsen)
- Subject: Re: Whining about buying American cars
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- In article <1e6g50INNbmg@moe.ksu.ksu.edu> zchen@phys.ksu.edu (Zheng Chen) writes:
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- >By running "10 mpg", you helped the gas stations all the way up to the
- >big companies like Exxon. By sending your car to the repair garage, you
- >helped the mechanics and the owner of the shop. Whatever you do, as
- >long as you are spending all of your hard earned money in this country,
- >it doesn't matter where the money will go later on, you are helping the
- >American economy :-) So I see no difference which car to buy. Just buy the
- >one you and your wife like.
- >--
- I think there is a difference in what you spend your money on.
-
- Spending money does not necessarily help an economy.
- When spending money, buying products which encourage research and
- development would be much more valuable than buying that which
- encourages waste.
-
- Money is a type of constant, what really matters is the quality of the
- actual material wealth of the country. A nobel in the middle ages does
- not live as well as an average American, even though the nobel may be
- relatively much richer.
-
- john
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