It is deeply depressing to see so much economically illiterate comment in the mainstream media. It's even more depressing when it comes from those who should have some basic economic understanding but whose knowledge appears to be about as poor as that of the average minister or MP.
http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2018/06/25/it-really-is-time-that-people-realised-most-government-spending-pays-for-itself/