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There is one piece of common wisdom I would like explained. Digby Jones of hte UK confederation of British Industry said that every job exported saves the economy £16000 or so.

So basically making somebody unemployed  and making them a drain on the community rather than a contributor saves the economy as a whole money.

How does that work ?

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Mar 16th, 2006 at 11:55:20 AM EST
Well, I think Digby meant it saves his friends who run various British companies £16,000 or so...
by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Thu Mar 16th, 2006 at 11:59:23 AM EST
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I suppose it depends on what "the economy" is supposed to be, and who it's supposed to belong to.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Mar 16th, 2006 at 02:01:41 PM EST
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