You are soo full of ****:
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/top-highest-paid-worst-performing-ceos/story?id=8642794
http://www.examiner.com/workplace-in-norfolk/what-s-rising-faster-than-unemployment-ceo-salaries
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/power-bosses-get-bonuses-while-electricity-costs-skyrocket/story-e6frg13u-1225929306695
http://articles.cnn.com/2009-08-22/politics/veterans.affairs.bonuses_1_bonuses-inspector-general-va-s-office?_s=PM:POLITICS
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202429689471
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2003/2003-03-27-nwa-bonus.htm
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_36/b4145000403938.htm
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503983_162-20015340-503983.html
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/feb2010/bank-f09.shtml
http://www.businessinsider.com/group-of-nuns-attacks-goldman-over-large-bonuses-2009-10
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS177093+14-Oct-2009+PRN20091014
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If I take 50 dollars from you and then spend that 50 dollars in your store, did you make any more money? No, you did not.
If I don't touch your money, but no one buys anything from your store you're not any better off in the long run. Whether or not it creates additional net income for owners, flow of money through the system is still desirable, because it creates economic confidence which makes producers more willing to expand their services, put money into R&D and alternative markets. If you don't know if you'll be able to sell anything, there is no point in making it, there is no point in opening other locations, and there is no point in even paying operating costs.
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The *only* way economies grow is they either find and consume new resources which weren't utilized before *or* they find more efficient ways to produce the same amounts of goods and services. That's it.
and here we see how ******* ridiculously limited your actual economic knowledge is. You're treating the world market like it's full of just commodities, when in fact "true" commodities don't exist in real life. You don't need "better" products, you don't need more efficiently produced products, and you don't need more resources to increase GDP. All you need to do is a) have a market with discretionary income (your country+foreign) b) be able to convince people that they should buy what you're selling at whatever price you're selling it. Designer clothing, TVs with "the fourth color", <insert region> wine, "car care" fuels, gourmet foods, and all sorts of other products sell for like crazy here and abroad despite not being significantly/any different than cheaper alternatives. Not to mention emerging technologies and service sectors. It's all about perception. Japan and the UK didn't get into the top 10 countries by GDP by having vast amounts of resources or really efficient processes.
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It can't *not* be a direct one to one correlation. The money has to come from somewhere, right?
The issue isn't that we expect money to pop into existence from no where, the issue is that without progressive programs money tends to "pool" in the upperclasses, retarding the flow of goods and services and hurting the economy as a whole. People without discretionary income don't have the same lax reinvestment habits (via spending or otherwise), because they don't have a choice.