> My point is, gov't handouts are better off being invested into productivity producing investments So fund companies doing useful work directly. If you don't

> My point is, gov't handouts are better off being invested into productivity producing investments So fund companies doing useful work directly. If you don't like the government deciding, and want to say spend $350b to stimulate the economy and be useful, give everyone a $1000 "investment voucher" that can be invested in exchange for a share, into companies with a net worth of say between $1m and $50m, to be spent on R&D.