If anything, this somewhat refutes the GP's point. Giving money to low-income people and increasing their spending didn't make up for the larger decrease in hig

If anything, this somewhat refutes the GP's point. Giving money to low-income people and increasing their spending didn't make up for the larger decrease in high-income spending. This is not to say that we shouldn't support low-income people, that's important as a moral and civil matter, but the economy at large, by volume, includes a lot of things that mostly high-income people spend on, and those things often employ a lot of people.