KentXie
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Choo -- sorry that kind of logic led us to elect President Obama
You would spend for one Harpoon in a bar about $5.00
You would spend for one tank of gas at a loca station about $30.00
both of which flow into the Massachusetts economy
Some of it stays in Massachusetts to pay:
employees and local suppliers
Taxes at the state and local level
and some of it leaves Massachussetts to pay:
suppliers of Hops grown in Germany {Harpoon} or gasoline refined in New Jersey or Texas {Exxon}
Taxes at the Federal level
Now which choice helps the local economy more?
What the heck does this have to do with who we elected as president?
Let's keep this out of politics. If anything, this argues that we should spend less on them military (which we should) and more on infrastructure and technology which can help cut transfer cost, increase efficiency, decrease prices and thus drive consumer spending. As I recall, the Republicans are calling for an increase in military spending. Regardless, none of this has to do with the politicians.