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My point was, government employee spending is NOT keeping the economy afloat. The taxes that support those employees was confiscated from other people that most assuredly were just as capable as spending the money–on the same things that the public sector employees are buying.
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WHAT?
Do you *really* think the consumer spending of literally *millions* of low and middle-income government employees has no economic impact?
And as I’ve just explained, any excess income I receive does not go into the local CA economy. For me personally its either going into Canadian silver and gold or short-selling (using an out-of-state discount broker).
If you raise my taxes and use it to pay policemen, firefighters and school teachers; not only does the state benefit by their service; but also the private sector by their consumption.
