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Except they aren’t, because subsidies are paid by someone (the government) who are themselves getting that money (I know there are other mechanisms) from your t
by haimez 7y ago
Except they aren’t, because subsidies are paid by someone (the government) who are themselves getting that money (I know there are other mechanisms) from your tax dollars.
- megous 7y agoOh, so your taxes will be lower now?
- sokoloff 7y agoIn the long run, anything that reduces wasteful government expenditure will tend to reduce tax burden.
- InitialLastName 7y agoOr, perhaps, be replaced with less wasteful government expenditure.
- megous 7y agoProbably true, given that governemnt expenditure is the best measure of the level of real taxation. Though I'm not sure the funds will not just be redirected elsewhere, and how wasteful this is, given that it helps give access to more affordable and efficient direct shopping from producers, and puts pressure on the government to lower spending because of the tax breaks that are given to people buying directly from China.