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My favorite paragraph is this: It’s true that we do spend a lot more than the average family. Yet the one truly expensive line item in our budget is our airpla
by cawel 15y ago
My favorite paragraph is this:
It’s true that we do spend a lot more than the average family. Yet the one truly expensive line item in our budget is our airplane (which, by the way, was manufactured in France by Dassault Aviation SA), and those annual costs are mostly for fuel (from the Middle East). It’s just crazy to believe that any of this is more beneficial to our economy than hiring more teachers or police officers or investing in our infrastructure.
That's an excellent counter-example of trickle-down economics.
- JumpCrisscross 15y agoActually, that it is more an example of tribalism and xenophobia. Why is a manufacturer inherently evil for a crime no greater than not being American?
- msellout 15y agoHe was not indicating evilness. He was pointing out that the money flows out of the United States. The article is directed at people who are trying to create more US jobs and increase US GDP.