[MrB]

Just curious, does anyone have an example of a government job that increases the “Gross National Capital”, ie, creating actual wealth?

[central_va]

NASA creates wealth through new innovation and technology. Albeit tiny. Same with DOD, every heard of DARPA net? The internet was a DOD DARPANET project, so that is a biggie.

These are a few examples but for the most part Government destroys wealth and does not create it.

[Gen.Blather]

“Just curious, does anyone have an example of a government job that increases the “Gross National Capital”, ie, creating actual wealth?”

Most police organizations maintain revenue enhancement divisions. Their purpose is to seize property for sale. They use the drug laws. They also seize cash. In most venues this goes into their budget. In many cases the officers who seize a vehicle get to drive it once it is converted for police work. (My local sheriff has some awesome customized trucks on patrol.)

My county and city have “self-financed” EPA departments. They go around fining people. That’s how they make payroll. You might think it’s difficult to do. But they have made so many rules and regulations that the ordinary citizen is in violation of something at least 15 minutes each day.

The local planning and permitting office is also self-financing. A developer told me that he gets $3,000 worth of fines for every $50,000 in building costs, so he builds it into the estimates.