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      Two economists are walking in a forest when they Come across a pile of shit.

      The first economist says to the other “Ill pay you $100 to eat that pile of shit.” The second economist takes the $100 and eats the pile of shit.

      They continue walking until they come across a second pile of shit. The second economist turns to the first and says “l pay you $100 to eat that pile of shit.” The first economist takes the $100 and eats a pile of shit.

      Walking a little more, the first economist looks at the second and says, “You know, I gave you $100 to eat shit, then you gave me back the same $100 to eat shit. can’t help but feel like we both just ate shit for nothing.” “That’s not true”, responded the second economist. “We increased the GDP by $200!”

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        What that joke is missing is the fact that the $200 is taxable income so the government and its citizens would benefit from that transaction.

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          IF you had a functional social safety net, however in this circumstance you would eat shit, pay taxes, a family in Palestine would die, and a rich person would have a couple extra dollars towards the next extravagant pedophilia convention in Florida

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      No, transportation in general is. Cars are by far the least efficient form of transportation and therefore the worst for the economy.

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      It is important to be miserable and waste resources so that the rich can get richer. The benefits will come when trickle-down economics start working. We’ve just got acid rain so far but there will be money falling from the sky any moment now.