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		0xDEAFBEAD 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its riva... Perhaps because 4 in 10 Americans are bad with money. As jandrewrogers stated, Americans are not good savers. (I believe this is a big contributor to our trade deficit as well.)

xvector 10 months ago [–]

To be honest, you don't really want people saving too much in a healthy economy. You want them spending.

Joker_vD 10 months ago | [–]

But then where would the investment come from?

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