Jul 30, 2017 · 1 min read
Nobody ever asks ‘can we afford it’ when it comes to military spending, or government healthcare, or the range of subsidies you get for being in the public service. For some reason, spending to improve the wellbeing of the economy by investing in the actual human resources who elect governments, only that is problematic. Sovereign governments can never run out of money. Every dollar they spend is a new dollar going into the economy. If every government in the world paid off its debts tomorrow the entire economy would crash. Don’t believe the bullshit.
