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- From: watanabe@cs.uiuc.edu (Larry Watanabe)
- Subject: Re: C-SPAN & 1929 !
- Message-ID: <Bxur4t.DJ6@cs.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
- References: <9211071908.AA10763@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com> <1992Nov10.011635.26341@intrepid.com> <1992Nov10.225250.3355@gumby.dsd.trw.com> <1992Nov12.162149.7192@intrepid.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 08:48:28 GMT
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- gary@intrepid.com (Gary Funck) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Nov10.225250.3355@gumby.dsd.trw.com> suhre@meltami.dsd.trw.com (Maurice E. Suhre) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov10.011635.26341@intrepid.com> gary@intrepid.com (Gary Funck) writes:
- >>>
- >>It isn't obvious to me how the taxpayer "picks up the tab" for lower
- >>interest rates.
- >>
-
- >The relationship is indirect, and arguable. My point was that if we support
- >an economic system which keeps weak businesses and banks afloat, we hurt
- >ourselves:
-
- >(1) weak businesses generally block progress and job growth
- >(2) weak businesses cannot compete as well in a global market
-
- True, we don't want weak businesses around, but only if we
- have something better to replace them.
-
- But there is no reason to penalize our companies by having
- high interest rates, which adversely affects strong companies as well
- as weak ones.
-
- High interest rates are good because they weed out weak companies?
- Why not also slap an extra 70% tax on all corporations, which would
- also help kill off the weak companies?
-
- >(3) lower interest rates will lower the yield on conservative, long-term
- >investments.
-
- >This forces individuals to take on higher risk, or accept
- >a lower level of real income. As the TV economists noted, lower real income
- >decreases tax revenues, which raises govt. debt. Higher risk investing
- >encourages speculation (not usually in a productive sector), which damages
- >the stability of our financial markets.
-
- Higher interest rates are more damaging than low ones, to the market.
- If interest rates were higher, it would
- make lower-risk investments like bonds/treasuries more attractive
- relative to securities.
-
- -Larry Watanabe watanabe@cs.uiuc.edu
-