"Well how about fixing the electrics in a childrens hospital?" Do they not have their own engineers? In which case what are you doing about the shortage of eng

"Well how about fixing the electrics in a childrens hospital?" Do they not have their own engineers? In which case what are you doing about the shortage of engineers. Again this is all fixed amount thinking. Are you sure you are supply limited in engineers? It's only then that you need to think about taxation. And then the taxation has to be targeted at those using engineers - to free them up for the public use. Are you absolutely sure all engineers and equipment is engaged doing things that are required? There isn't a fixed amount of stuff, and if there is any unemployment at all then there is capacity to expand. "Or maybe they could spend the day working on their garden, or watching netflix." Why should engineers work any less hours a week than anybody else? The person growing their food needs to work a full week, why not engineers? Government deploys resources, not money. And whether those resources are used hooking up people to the grid, or fitting out another server room for Pornhub is a political choice, not a financial one.