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Government is not supposed to be profitable. It is supposed to minimize cost of meeting needs that the voters agree should be provided by the government. “Prof
by mlac 5y ago
Government is not supposed to be profitable. It is supposed to minimize cost of meeting needs that the voters agree should be provided by the government.
“Profit” in the public sector would indicate that too much tax money was collected, because there shouldn’t be a surplus at the end of a year. There shouldn’t be a deficit either, but that’s a different story.
- tehjoker 5y agoNeither of these are correct, they're libertarian talking points. You can't really distangle the competing goals of different classes, but if you were to take democracy seriously, it is to do whatever the majority wants. Some problems with that when it conflicts with certain fundamental values, but the US mostly doesn't follow majority rule anyway as is documented in many studies.