Taxation is really a choice we as a society make, somewhat obscure by the separation of politics from economic discussions. For a long time, political economy

Taxation is really a choice we as a society make, somewhat obscure by the separation of politics from economic discussions. For a long time, political economy was synonymous with economics. Once a broad political consensus was reached, however, politics was dropped to emphasize the economics based on that consensus. Seems to me that no matter which political party the poor voted for, their economic agenda was always thwart by corporations need for cheap labor in countries near and far. I vaguely remembering President Obama giving a rather technical explanation why nothing can be done to bring back the job for a laid off Midwesterner. As for the Republicans, this new Yorker political cartoon[1] says it all: I am going to eat you. He tells it like it is. [1] https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a20072 https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a20072