Comment by BitterFuture on 03/03/2025 at 12:30 UTC

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View submission: The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts

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“A more accurate measure of GDP would exclude government spending,” Musk wrote on his social media platform. “Otherwise, you can scale GDP artificially high by spending money on things that don’t make people’s lives better.”

Huh. So government spending, by definition, cannot make people's lives better.

All those privately-funded bridges and schools and roads are really something, aren't they?

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Comment by onFinal at 03/03/2025 at 14:22 UTC

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Aside from being the worst statement ever. Like he's saying go EFF yourselves FEMA. That bridges, roads, hospitals, dams, power plants are just stupid to him. I don't get it.