[familyop]

"Why not a form of QE that injects money directly into the veins of economy — by not removing it as taxes in the first place?"

This is why. Behold the "veins of the economy"--big, fat debt/revenues ingested, little revenues excreted (plus those of government-linked service businesses).

Leviathan (Uncle Sam employs more people than you think)
National Review ^ | 02/03/2011 | Iain Murray
"...nearly 40 million Americans employed in some way by government."

And among them,...

Heavy Hitters: Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2014
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php
American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $60,949,129 [Democrat] 81% [Republican] 1%”



America’s Ruling Class — And the Perils of Revolution
http://spectator.org/articles/39326/americas-ruling-class-and-perils-revolution

The Fragmenting of the New Class Elites, or, Downward Mobility
http://volokh.com/2011/10/31/the-fragmenting-of-the-new-class-elites-or-downward-mobility/

Environmentalism and the Leisure Class
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2835601/posts

The New Upper Class and the Real Reason We Dislike Them
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2843575/posts

Are you a member of the political class?
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/08/are_you_a_member_of_the_politi.html

[T-Bone Texan]

In your opinion, how to best prepare for the inevitable implosion of the world economy?

I already stockpile food and meds.

The scenario that is evolving in my head says that the gov’t will simply turn off city water and electricity to certain areas in order to get people to move somewhere else.