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From: wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP
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Subject: Re: What if...? (money in the ground)
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Date: Fri, 2-Dec-83 09:28:55 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  2 09:28:55 1983
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Exactly how do you use the current output of steel tonage per year
to bolster health, education, and welfare?  What do we do with the
unemployed due to cutbacks in spending for government contracts?
We just went through a period of high unemployment and reccession
due to cutbacks during the last year of Jimmy Carter's reign.  My
contention is that, since the government got into the act of letting
huge contracts back in the 30's, we are hard pressed to find other ways
to keep the money moving.  As for resources being used, you are right.
However, resources can be recycled, thus providing more employment.

I don't recall mentioning military contracts.  I am talking about
space.  There are too many lines of research open in space to
ignore.  We could start with mining on the moon.  Far fetched?
I think not considering we already have the knowledge.  Dangerous?
 so was crossing the Atlantic in 1492.  By creating more jobs,
more money flows, more taxes are paid, more money is available
to address the problems of health, education, and welfare.

Sounds simple, but a full explanation of how the system works
would need too much storage on the net.  Borrowing is not the
answer to providing government funds.  An equitable tax system,
with as full an employment situation as possible, allows for
much greater flexibility in planning for HEW.  Huge, dumb idea,
contracts allow this to happen.  This can be extended in many
directions to later cut the dependence on government contracts
and return the economy to the private sector.  Till then, I will
vote for major spending on large contracts, even if they be
military in nature, but I would rather see space exploration
our prime concern.  The future may depend on it.

T. C. Wheeler