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this doesn't really fit into any existing thread probably , so I am posting a new one. Not sure if anyone has any thoughts on it either. I have always wondered this, why does there have to be "economic growth" all the time? You see any news articles or youtubes or anything on the economy , and they all make it sound like it would be an absolute disaster if the economy does not grow, and the GDP does not grow. Why is that exactly?
I am looking at it this way. Assume you have a business, and it is going well. You make enough money for you and your employees. You make X dollars of profit a year. WHY on earth do you still need to "grow"? Why not just keep going at the same rate you are now?
Same goes for a country. I don't get this and it personally sounds to me that it's a sort of bad way to run things, if ALL you are always concered about is "growth". If businesses just kept going the way they are and doing ok, why borrow money to grow your business? That;s what they do. Is it just greed? If the population does not grow, there should be no need to grow the economy either. If there are no illegals, the population would not grow.
Is this all just so the politicians can have more power? Is it because of the debt? What?
I am looking at it this way. Assume you have a business, and it is going well. You make enough money for you and your employees. You make X dollars of profit a year. WHY on earth do you still need to "grow"? Why not just keep going at the same rate you are now?
Same goes for a country. I don't get this and it personally sounds to me that it's a sort of bad way to run things, if ALL you are always concered about is "growth". If businesses just kept going the way they are and doing ok, why borrow money to grow your business? That;s what they do. Is it just greed? If the population does not grow, there should be no need to grow the economy either. If there are no illegals, the population would not grow.
Is this all just so the politicians can have more power? Is it because of the debt? What?
