> Feeding an orphan creates no "value" because they have no money to pay you with
Only because itβs illegal to make them work? I imagine it could be quite lucrative.
Re:Buy payphones and retire
by yoyohello13 on Monday October 28, 2024 @07:31PM
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Big bad government enforcing those pesky human rights.
I think people understand that, for example, investing in schools generates more value than you put in.
I appreciate your point in general, but I doubt the specific one you made. At least for the US.
The US ever larger amounts of money per pupil (around $17,280 per pupil annually these days according to the Internet), but educational outcomes haven't really changed much over the decades. Whether you measure that in absolute terms or by international comparison.
Are they investing or just wasting money?
They are certainly trying to.
Yes, feeding an orphan is consumption (not investing), just like buying a yacht with your money.
Rich people do these kinds of things all the time.
And it has zero value since the orphan doesn't pay.
Neither does the yacht.
Another piece of important context is that the US is a developed economy, not a growth economy. If the pie is growing at 2% and the capital slice of the pie is growing at 10%, anyone who lives in the remainder and argues that their slice is being grown is a fool.