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[iPat]

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:50:44 +0000, xxxxxxxxxx <xxxxxxxxxx at whitemail.ie> wrote:
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> If we dont have growth ,then we have a decline.Once the economy starts declining ,the people who bare the brunt are the poorest members of society,The better off can ride the storm and tighten the buckle.When the recession hits the most affected are the service industry and construction industries.


is this true or is it a myth? Are the poor so much better off right now? 

>    If the rich guys decides to stop spending,the waitress and chefs lose out.If he decides not to build an extension the builders lose out.Its ripple effect.


Only if you stay in the same model. If there was no growth and no
population growth, builders wouldnt be building new houses, theyd be
upgrading old ones. When do we stop building new houses, new roads,
new airports etc?

>    We need more houses because more people are living alone nowadays,Or previously whole families used to live together,this is no longer the case.Most immigrants do the jobs that the locals dont want to do.
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Well the growth has seen the destruction of communities, and with is
communal responsibility, answeribility..............and so on. You
sell a dream that you can live a better life and people buy into it
and are not wanting to do mundane tasks that are very important in
society. Why wont they do them?
is the dream the right one?


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