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rogerbinns
on Sept 2, 2012
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Proposal for tax revolution: 3% income tax, 4% wea...
Why don't I go around breaking all the windows in my town every night? All the extra money spent and being recycled through the system would fuel the economy - it must be a good thing?
This is known as
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_window_fallacy
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This is known as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_window_fallacy