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It's a false premise that taxation does not produce a good or service. E.g. USPS, defense contracts, farm subsidies, etc. It's not clear that you're going to e
by jonhinson 8y ago
It's a false premise that taxation does not produce a good or service. E.g. USPS, defense contracts, farm subsidies, etc.
It's not clear that you're going to end up with lower economic growth. For example, taxing some level of income that would otherwise not be spent on economic activity (e.g. savings or equity investments) and spending it on things that do result in economic active results in higher economic growth.