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The wisdom of these gigprojects in the middle of a desert aside, it would be awesome more governments would stop trying to run themselves into the ground for profit. Because who the fuck is benefiting if a country is taking more in taxes then they are providing their citizens in services?
Which countries are running on a profit, exactly?
Well none, but the Neo-liberal rhetoric around "balancing the budget" that infests most of the governments of the west.
What's so bad about balancing the budget? Inflation is too high and taxes are too low.
I think the problem is mostly with how neo-liberals tend to try to balance the budget
KSA actually hands out money to citizens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen%27s_Account_Program_(Saudi_Arabia)