So someone got a job from it. They paid income tax, spent their salary at the local stores, which paid other people's salaries who paid income tax and spend the

So someone got a job from it. They paid income tax, spent their salary at the local stores, which paid other people's salaries who paid income tax and spend their salary at the local stores. Why is this a problem. Reducing all this employment reduces money flowing around the economy (a factor in the Great Depression).