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>Borrowing state money that ultimately indentures a country with over-engineered massive boondoggle projects.

The datacenters of Meta, Google, Amazon, etc. are primarily funded by the government?



Do they get tax breaks, subsidy, loan deals, and naive non-voting investor money?

My point was these folks never gamble with their own cash from revenue. It is always the tax payer that ends up holding the gamblers debts. =3

https://www.usdebtclock.org/


>Do they get tax breaks

The government also has "tax breaks" for certain foods and my 401k. Does that make my evening meal and retirement plan "state money funded" as well?

> loan deals, and naive non-voting investor money?

Well?


Indeed, every US child is now born -$108,000 in national debt due to the behavior of their parents.

The classic boondoggle state funded "big" projects have bankrupted many economies. Inflation corrected, people can expect $0.84 back for every dollar they now put into retirement plans. =3




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