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The government isn't a for-profit organization, its profits are our profits. We all get to profit off it. If the government makes profit off it, that's just cor
by yoavm 5y ago
The government isn't a for-profit organization, its profits are our profits. We all get to profit off it. If the government makes profit off it, that's just corruption.
(I've been living in Sweden for a while)
- FredPret 5y agoThis is true for an ideal and perfect bureaucracy. But in practice, some government employees will use bigger budgets to arrogate more power to themselves - bigger projects, more headcount. Now we do need a degree of bureaucracy, but it’s best to have most of the money circulate in the market where there is pressure to employ it efficiently or lose it.