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Sorry if this a little silly of a question I haven't read much on the topic, but in a centrally planned economy, if everyone is a worker of a state owned business, how did the government have a budget surplus? Did they only rely on exports and tourism for state finances, because I can't think of other ways to generate state revenue surplus. Thank you for your answers.

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[-] reallybigShell@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 day ago

Ooh did the businesses that received the money, for example the grocery store, the revenue from their sales went to the workers who work at the store directly?

[-] Flyberius@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

I'm afraid I genuinely do not know. I think my gf was just answering the question on a more macro sense. Like, how do they have a budget surplus. I'm sure in many cases money does go directly from one person to another without state intervention.

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