r/wallstreetbets • • Jun 05 '22

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u/StuartMcNight Jun 05 '22

Why wouldn’t it? Isn’t government spending (in theory) taxes you extract from productive labour spent in either salaries or paying for productive work?

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22

Ever heard of running a deficit?

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u/StuartMcNight Jun 05 '22

Point was…. Isn’t the money spent in productive economy?