Doing the Government Math

“Government, on the other hand, takes One Dollar, and redistributes something less than one dollar, as it must pay the costs to keep the bureaucracy running. In other words, one dollar investment results in less than a dollar’s worth of benefit.” - Ocean Guy Why government as a business is a losing proposition.

Whatsoever is lovely, whatsoever is of good report...

Zen-slap:

“Do you look for mistakes, and get rid of them? Or do you look for good stuff to hold on to?” What I’ve come to understand in the years since, is that editing by fault-finding traps you into what you already know, so is an impediment to discovery and advancement.

Yiddish Proverb