"tax revenue is 18% of GDP no matter what tax rates are" Not really. http://www.angrybearblog.com/2010/11/hausers-law-is-extremely-misleading.html http://www.

"tax revenue is 18% of GDP no matter what tax rates are" Not really. http://www.angrybearblog.com/2010/11/hausers-law-is-extremely-misleading.html http://www.angrybearblog.com/2010/11/hausers-law-is-extremel... "it is corrupted by government regulation" It is corrupted by people. If we had no government it would still be corruptible. "These are basic economic principles." Like if I have a bigger gun than you, I get the rewards? Oh, you mean principles that we agree to in the form of government? Principles which are arbitrary and chosen by humans and vary from market to market! Yes, those "principles".