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by master_crab 282 days ago
And yet we are still in this position in the UK. Flip the question: What were the dividends paid out by the companies over the same time period? Assuming they gave out $100bn in dividend, then we wasted money that should have been spent on more infrastructure.
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This assumes a parity in government efficiency. A bit laughable innit?
That says more about the British people than it does about the ability of a government to be efficient.