"Like private industry, government has overhead, but services and goods provided through the labor of government employees are wealth that is just as real as anything produced by the other parts of an economy."
Nice try Kittybuoy!
But a capitalist business model depends on PROFIT! Government does NOT! The private sector invests money in order to make MORE MONEY. The government does NOT! Making more money is GOOD! Losing money is NOT!
To be sure there is a ballance to be maintained. There is no profit in maintaining interstate infrastructures but these infrastuctures expedite commerce which allows the private sector to function more efficiently and therefore maintain or increase profit margins.
Before I close I'd like to paraphrase Abrham Lincoln (yes, class warfare has been going on since the dawn of humanity) "Destroying the rich will not benefit the poor"
Right now, today, US unemployment is at near historic lows! PLEASE compare the employment rate in the US to ANY euro economy you wish and get back to me
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