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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: mungofitch ✹✺🐝 SILVER
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Subject: $5000 for everybody
Date: 09/10/26 3:12 PM
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A bunch of prisoners have been in jail for a long time. The turnkey arrives and announces "Good news! A change of underwear for everyone!"
Cheers go up.
Then he adds "You change with you, you change with you, you change with you..."

$5000 for everyone! You pay for his bonus, this fellow can pay for the first guy's, you over there pay for the second guy...

Jim

What, you don't have the $5k to pay for Joe's bonus? No problem, just borrow it. Mr Ricardo over there will lend it to you--he works for a central bank.
en.wikipedia.org - Ricardian equivalence
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