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RE: , I am not going on vacation, not replacing my car, not doing necessary home repairs/maintenance, not going out to eat or to the movies, not getting a new coat or boots, etc....

The thing that is worrying is this — IF MOST AMERICANS ARE DOING WHAT YOU’RE DOING, how’s this going to affect the economy?

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Maybe the government should pay all sorts of welfare recipients with "welfare money" (which has a big red " W " on it and has a worth of only a proportion of "real" money. That % of real value could varied downward depending on the fiscal circumstances.