I really don't see though, how the government paying me that money to do that thing that didn't need to be done before is really a benefit.
That's the economic cost for a political decision.
I don't see why people think centralising power, which is the result of ever more political union, is a benefit.
I'd like to see more decentralised government. A fediverse version if you like. Representative democracy is so last century.
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