And government projects improve people's ability to work, whether it's by education or welfare, or negotiating trade treaties, or protecting trade routes (milit

And government projects improve people's ability to work, whether it's by education or welfare, or negotiating trade treaties, or protecting trade routes (military). For example, the US gets immense economic benefits from it's oversized military, being able to lean on people to give it favourable terms - something to remember for the people who want to 'stop being world cop' (a self-imposed role, taken to improve it's economic power).