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> The government sector doesn't produce virtually anything that counts toward GDP…

By a very narrow, technically-correct view, sure.

Preventing, say, people starving to death, dying of preventable disease, unchecked fraud, invasions by other countries, etc. probably helps GDP a bit.

parent ceejayoz 8 months ago

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