I would like to see an honest analysis of how much of our true cost of living is artificial, that is, how much of that cost does not contribute to anyone else’s livelihood. Just pure overhead cost without benefitting anything other than lost opportunities.
Then I’d like to see it taken a step further and see what that lost opportunity cost would do if it were applied to our economy and what it would do to helping our national productivity, employment, and standard of living.
I’m of the opinion that the results would surprise all of us.
Take that a step further and see what it could do to better fund our under funded military and those public servants who actually voluntarily do something for the rest of us.