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To: MtnClimber

Take all government spend out of the GDP. It is not GDP. as it is not a product.


8 posted on 01/02/2026 6:24:22 AM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: kvanbrunt2
Take all government spend out of the GDP. It is not GDP. as it is not a product.

Not true. Highways are important capital assets. They are constructed and maintained at unnecessarily high cost.

The GPS constellation costs about 1.5-2.0 billion a year to maintain, a tiny fraction of government spending, amounting to about 1.6ยข per American citizen per day, and returns vastly more value.

A very large fraction of government spending is inefficient, and even counterproductive. Student loans, for instance, probably cause more problems than they solve.

17 posted on 01/02/2026 8:21:23 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets ( )
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