I understand what you’re saying RB. I hope I’m not stealing your thunder, but...
Any employee who is a “civil servant” or military member receives pay as a result of taxes collected from the private sector.
They then have their checks “reduced” or they are “rebating” a portion of their pay back to the pot it came from originally.
I wonder if state employees get higher pay to offset the federal taxes that get withheld?
I used to have fun with folks about this when I was in the service. I still do with the DoD contractors I work with.
That is why liberals think that if they grow the government, the economy will grow.
It doesn’t.
The money to pay for the gov employees must be removed from the economy to pay them, therefore shrinking the “pie” that’s left in the private sector.
Here’s a simple explanation:
If all people, 100%, worked for the government, who would pay the taxes to pay them?
Remember, the government HAS NO MONEY of it’s own.
It must either tax the people or print money which becomes worth less and less until it become worthless. Zimbabwe is a prime example................