Iceweasel
Diamond Member
Hold up there. It does none of those things without taking or borrowing money. That isn't adding to the economy. In fact, the people could have private companies do it cheaper, which they do anyway but we have to funnel the money through government meat hooks to get to them.Isn't that the point?Not unless they are spending it.Oh......people having more money to spend isn't good for the economy?Show me the empirical data that proves Bush's tax cuts were beneficial to the U.S. economy.
Spending on the economy rather than paying taxes is better for the economy.
Yep. Government doesn't produce anything. So net it can't grow the economy. All it does is shrink it by what it wastes
I hope that is a sarcastic post. Repairing and improving the infrastructure, maintaining the military payroll and making the purchases necessary to supply and re-supply are just a few aspects of how government adds to the economy.