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> that saved our clients hundreds of millions of dollars.

Could you elaborate, from your experience, what happened to these $$$? Do they sit in banks without being used or do they get get invested and recirculated in the economy?

Also, given that just about every function of the US govt has been privatised, what would the US govt spend this money on? Spend it on defence (and channel the money back to private defense entities)? Pay off trade deficit? I'm not aware of US budget break down on expenditure side so any pointer would be great.




Spend it on? How about COVID relief?

IIRC defense is about 20% of the US federal budget. About 40% of that (ie 8% of total federal spending) is paid to staff. In some ways it's the largest redistributive program.

The trade deficit is private, it's an accounting summary between private importers and exporters. Nothing to "pay off".


Money in banks ARE invested and circulated in the economy.




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