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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by naasking on Saturday February 19, 2022 @04:51PM (#30400865)
> Every additional dollar I make busting my ass results in the government taking more than me

Maybe don't think of it as "the government" getting your money, rather that you're investing into a fund of your nation's future. The key is making sure that investment is well utilized, and that requires us to all be properly invested.

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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by chernevik on Saturday February 19, 2022 @06:43PM (#30401657)
Much government spending is transfer payments and by definition consumption, not investment of any kind. UBI would be more (much more) of the same.

Where the government does investment activity it does a shockingly poor job, education being the clearest example.

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