Actually, JP5, I wasn't complaining about the wealthy spending money on luxuries. On the contrary, I was stating that, ironically, more of this spending is needed. In the second post, I meant that $100 in consumer spending, as I understand it, has a greater positive economic influence than $100 invested in the stock market.

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