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To: TimF who wrote (372208)2/27/2008 6:22:23 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576608
 
"They raise it in a command economy way, and then spend it based on political decisions."

So?

"That spending isn't free market spending and its ridiculous to suggest otherwise."

Tim, it would be command economy if they went to company and said "you will provide goods and services for this amount of money". But, they don't. They put things out for bid, just like companies do.

They don't set prices, they don't set production volumes. They don't dictate what is produced or not produced. It is ludicrous to suggest that they do.

Either that, or you are using a very different set of definitions than I am.



To: TimF who wrote (372208)2/27/2008 8:54:02 PM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576608
 
No. You get dead loss if raising X in tax revenue, cost X+Y in lost private sector income.

If the government is more efficient than the private sector, which it is in many cases, the "Y" will be a gain not a loss.

Your presumptions get in the way of your conclusions.


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