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All of these mistakes freeze investment in productive capacity tomorrow and consumption today.
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The current system is largely a waste of taxpayer dollars because it is redundant and it is counter-productive because it subsidizes fuel consumption.
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Finance gushed into property and consumption rather than productive investment.
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C. were marked by much heavier consumption for this intensely productive person being taken away from production.
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And if the productive economy of the mind flourishes, consumption of existing and future housing stock will surely take care of itself.
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In truth, the flight to the real signaled a rush to consumption (housing is consumption) at the expense of the productive economy.
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In flat-tax countries, taxpayers in the highest brackets move from consumption or tax-sheltered investments to more productive, taxable investments.
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Subsidies to incentivize consumption and keep basic goods cheap have crowded out productive investment, as firms are forced to sell at set prices.
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Legalizing drugs and making them more readily available would, in either country, increase the number of addicts, lead to more street crime to feed consumption habits, destroy scores of families, make people less productive and more dependent, and empower criminals by surrendering the fight.
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They also funnel money into investment, rather than consumption, as PAYGO plans do, which, by making the economy more productive, can help ease the burden of paying for retired workers.
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