Re:I am rich and have no idea what to do
by dead_gunslinger on Friday January 03, 2025 @07:01AM
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You are comparing apples to oranges. A company can be as inefficient as it wants, it's their problem. If they manage to be profitable while being inefficient good for them. I don't care, they don't force me to give them MY money. The government on the other hand does, with the threat of imprisonment. They extract wealth from me to provide services that I didn't ask them to provide, which are deteriorating year after year even though their budget constantly keeps increasing dramatically without the population increasing in the same rate.
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Re:I am rich and have no idea what to do
by Arn_Thor on Friday January 03, 2025 @01:01PM
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Except in many, if not most, cases a company’s inefficiencies IS your problem. The perfectly informed rational consumer doesn’t exist. We’re forced to buy what’s on the shelves that we can afford, and the water in the pipes and power on the grid. When the businesses collude and price fix and lower the quality of your goods you DO suffer and your only recourse is regulation.
And get out of here with that libertarian “services I don’t use” nonsense.
Re:I am rich and have no idea what to do
by JumpinJack_Cash on Saturday January 04, 2025 @07:24AM
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IF you spent a bit of time analyzing your statement you'd realize that the Government doesn't just take money but also give it out.
And not just to employees and benefit receivers but also entrepreneurs and companies.
It's by far the largest single economic actor and statistically speaking given the size of such a large actor it is more likely than not you ended up breaking even as far as quality of life (QOL) when considering all your transactions (in money and services) with the Government.
Given the economic growth measured by GDP in the period 2000-2024 even more likely is that you ended up ahead.