Posted on 11/12/2009 6:47:00 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
This is exactly correct. And the government does not produce anything of value that can be consumed, sold, traded, or purchased. The government only spends capitol consfiscated from the market that could otherwise be spent to create "stuff" that would be bought, sold, consumed, traded and/or purchased.
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