Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!jtsv16!brian From: brian@jtsv16.UUCP (Brian A. Jarvis) Newsgroups: can.general Subject: Re: Discretionary Expenditures (was Re: Tax Revolt Now!!) Message-ID: <1075@jtsv16.UUCP> Date: 17 Aug 89 10:59:07 GMT Article-I.D.: jtsv16.1075 References: <2409@client1.DRETOR.UUCP> Reply-To: brian@jtsv16.jts.com (Brian A. Jarvis) Organization: JTS Computer Systems Ltd., Toronto Lines: 30 In article <2409@client1.DRETOR.UUCP> kevin@client1.dciem.dnd.ca (Socrates) writes: >In article kim@watsup.waterloo.edu (T. Kim Nguyen) writes: >> [Won't people start cutting back when they realize they're living beyond >> their means?] > > [No.] > >No, the only thing likely to make people reduce their discretionary >expenditures is financial responsibility. But, we don't get it from our >businesses or even our government, so why should we expect it from our >people? Maybe by making credit illegal :-) ? Reverse the logic and you've got a better chance of being right. We don't believe in living within our means, and we've elected numerous governments reflecting that philosophy. Myself, I'm waiting for one rip-roaring, gonzo-whopper, Biblical-style recession. But, damn it, it looks like we'll get a soft landing instead! B{) >--- Kevin Picott NTT Systems, Inc., Toronto, Ontario =============================================================================== __ __ Brian A. Jarvis, / ) ...jtsv16!brian / ) J.T.S. Computer Systems Ltd., /--< __ o __. ____ /--/ Downsview, Ontario /___/_/ (_<_(_/|_/ / <_ / ( o My dog, Goof, still says "Hi!" "Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth." ===============================================================================