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Originally Posted by VinceZeb
Achimp, the govt is a business. But the problem with this particular business is that the govt will ALWAYS have customers. It has them by force. Now, where does a govt make 99.5% of its money? It makes it from the TAX PAYERS! The govt is a shitty business model becuase it doesnt make money by itself all too often.
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And how many businesses go out and make money all by themselves? Almost every business has customers, either members of the public or other businesses. Besides, governments operate like businesses in many ways, but they are not true businesses. Of course, if you looked into how government contracts are handed out, you would know that already.
If you truly believe that governments get all their money from tax payers, you are an even bigger fool than I thought. A huge amount of the money that a government gets--much, much more than 0.5%--is from foreign investment from other governments, individuals and businesses (Yes, that's right! Foreigners are paying to run parts of the U.S.!), profits from its own investments in other countries, and borrowing. The government is constantly generating its own wealth.
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Now, if we are running a high surplus, that means that the govt is taking WAY TOO much of our money, and needs to give it back to the people who pay it! It doesn't need to make another "social program". It doesnt need to give it to those who "need" it. It needs to give it to those who paid too damn much in taxes in the first place.
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Oops! Vinth, you've mixed up equality and equity again as the basis for the government's operation! The government is in place to serve everyone, not cater to a select few.
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