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Originally Posted by sil
Couldnt agree less mate. I Work for a government department and know our tax dollars are not being put to good use, most of it really isn't and changes in legislation mean we can't do anything about it and in some cases not even complain about it.
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Don't you realise that I am always right
I also have worked in a Government department.
I have seen the waste.
Judges getting a new lap top each year when they cost an arm and a leg and yet they did not, back then use them.
A capitalist economy is all about keeping the money moving.
The government wastes money no doubt but the idea is that money ends up in various pockets enabling folk to spend money which again gets taxed.
You may recall when the global financial cris was upon us.
One response was to throw money out of helicopters and those who proposed such were serious because that was the most efficient and cost effective way to get the money moving.
The pink bats was only ever about moving money.
Folk complain about social security but take it away and realise that the flow of money slows ...not acceptable.
It ticks me off how folk bash those on dole...they are being paid not to seek work but to continue to spend.
A capitalist economy, which is the best system for humans, needs to balance inflation against stagnation.
The simplest way is to raise or lower interest rates...which really is either creating or destroying jobs.
The system is not perfect but its the best so far.
I would love to see a socialist economy but as nice and fair as it appears on paper it does not work in practice.
Even the accumulation of massive blocks of weath works to improve the lot of poor folk strangely...
Just think how poor the world would be if we only spent on necessities.
No professional sport, smaller and fewer cars, no gambling industry, no cosmetics, no fashion industry...make a list an you will see 80% of humans unemployed.
I approach tax this way it ain't going away so accept it and be content that the big picture although not perfect actually works.
And above all remember that I am right ,...in fact every human you meet has this wonderful quality
Alex
Alex