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Re:Software firms across US facing tax bills that threaten s... by hartator on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @03:19PM (#35618706)
U.S. total public spending is around 40% of the GDP. [1]

[1] https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/exp@FPP/USA/FRA/JPN/...

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Re:Software firms across US facing tax bills that threaten s... by mschuster91 on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:25AM (#35626447)
So what? It's not like that money is lost. It ends all back in the economy because people spend their wages.
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Re:Software firms across US facing tax bills that threaten s... by logicchains on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @07:48AM (#35626987)
Money is just paper. The _value_ is lost; if the government buys itself a banana, that's one less banana available to the people.
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