THE MONEY BEIJING TOOK OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE’S POCKETS? China Raises Salaries for Government Workers to Boost Spending. “The Communist Party hasn’t published a public announcement on this month’s wage hikes, making it hard to determine the scope of the program or who will foot the bill. But the unexpected increase extends to teachers, policemen and bureaucrats from around the nation of 1.4 billion people, the people said.”

It’s a bit like Daylight Savings, the equivalent of cutting off a piece of rope and tying it back onto the other end of the original rope to make a longer rope.