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Charles Veit's avatar

I believe Bonner stated earlier this year that government spending should not be counted in GDP because it does not produce anything, and it falsely leads us to believe things are better than they really are - giving money to companies to build manufacturing plants, increasing the debt that taxpayers will later pay (plus interest).

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rKf's avatar
May 23Edited

As long as lawmakers benefit personally from the bills they present to the president for his signature, why should we expect them to change anything? They brag about how much money they spend.

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