I tend to be conservative fiscally speakings but i do think that education, infraestructure and healthcare are worth spending money on.
Though with several caveats, like for terciary education i think only hard sciences should be subsidized and with a generous scholarship program for high achieving or above average low income students. I am very oppose to financing arts and soft siciences since I see them as recreation. I also like eat at school programs for low income areas even those that serve dinner as well, but hate the programs to give laptops to low income students as they become toys.
When it comes to infraestructure, i like to prioritize logistics, energy and water management. I am not a big fan of extending internet access to rural areas, i think it's wasteful and i think telecomuncations infrastructure should be fianced by private companies.
I am also not a big fan of government affordable housing. I think housing can be done better by market forces, perhaps with some limits to prevent monopolies. In fact I think government housing and zoning laws are one of the main reasons for housing shortages.and they should be removed.
I believe government direct employment should be kept at a minimum and should not be used as a tool to fight unemployment since it can waste too much of the limited tax income.
I am ok as well with financing some specific industries if they are considered to be key for national security but only for a limited time, i oppose permanente subsides like the agricultural subsidies since they created inneficienes and are easily exploited by large companies that don't need them.
I approve of devoting a large part of the GDP to research and development (up to 3.5 %) but only for hard sciences and to aspects that have medium term potential
for return of investment in terms of increasing GDP growth.
I consider health care to be the hardest topic to deal with since i can become massively expensive but at the same time it provides a key service for population wellbeing and productivity. For this i lean to a mixed system though I admit i lack knowledge in this area.
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