SIZE OF GOVERNMENT? (AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT) Theoretically, as a rule of thumb,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_public_sectorTHE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT? (AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT)

Theoretically, as a rule of thumb, the maximum is 20%. As a rule of thumb, we can produce about a 20% surplus in the long term, and we can accelerate innovation and consumption to raise that number through debt at the cost of increased volatility and risk.

The US govt is about 15% of the population but, that’s misleading since we use so many contractors. It’s useful for judging the political bias of the people. Everything I’ve read is that it hovers int the 20-22% range in total.

%GDP is a better judge of government scale. OECD countries range from about 35 to 55%, with the USA hovering near the low end (34%) but this includes financial magic because of petrodollar demand. France is at the high end with 55%. The general western consensus is that between 40-50 is the liberal ideal. And in total taxation we all reach that number.

But that assumes that the government employees obtain total compensation equal to but not more than the general population.

My suggestion (My Demand) is that not all countries need be the same, and as such those that suppress the reproduction of the underclass can most easily (and very rapidly) decrease the cost of ALL government burden, and thereby increase the returns of all shareholders (citizens).

The USA was designed to exit the parasitism of the upper and lower classes by creating a middle class and upper middle class society on new territory. This is the only form of society in which democratic participation can survive. And this experiment has been under attack – successfully.

The attack has been achieved by replacing arguments over rule of law (morality) with arguments over consumption (economics).

The best thing we can do is restore rule of law, natural law, common law of reciprocity in not only goods, and services, but information. And therefore restore markets in everything.

The best thing you can do for your people is eliminate non-professional immigration, and eliminate underclass reproduction. Period. End of story.

Like all things: as complexity increases, Via-Negativa defeats via-positiva.