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I can't tell which is worse, if a government runs a surplus or a deficit

Surplus means they stole so much fucking money even the government couldn't spend it

Yet many people point to a surplus as some kind of fiscal responsibility

Replace “government” with “corporation” and everyone would be cool with it. It’s a big planet with lots of resources. We just need to stop stealing from each other.

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crrdlx 8mo ago

Not sure about the govt/corp part. I can choose to not buy stuff from a corporation and thus to not pad their surplus. I cannot choose to not pay the government in taxes and thus to not pad their surplus.(At least not without fear of reprisal, fine, jail, etc.) Seems different to me, force versus choice.

Tauri 8mo ago

stacktoshi 🚀 ∞/21m 8mo ago

Don’t listen to their words or policies. That’s just to keep their jobs. Watch how they act. In reality, technology dampens scarcity’s effects if only they’d stop getting in its way.