Reply #158: Let me put it differently:

[XemaSab]

If I spent 100,000 on American-made goods at local stores, the money would go to the people working at the store, the owner of the store, and the people who made the goods. Those people would in turn spend the money on something else, and eventually, optimally, the money would flow back in my direction.

I'm sure if you give Wells Fargo their 200,000 back, it creates jobs somewhere down the line, but part of it also goes towards stuff that hurts the economy or at least doesn't help it.