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I don't understand how the politicians who subscribe to never raising taxes can function. Do they not understand how governments work? Would they like to propos
by jcromartie 15y ago
I don't understand how the politicians who subscribe to never raising taxes can function. Do they not understand how governments work? Would they like to propose how a zero-tax system would work?
- tomjen3 15y agoThere is a no reason a government has to increase taxes to function.
- btilly 15y agoIf a government is free to reduce taxes to pander to special interests and voters, but is unable to ever increase taxes, the result is an eventual ratcheting downwards in government taxation until you hit a crisis. As an example I give you California. It is politically impossible to get any tax increase through, but not politically impossible to get tax decreases through. The result is that Arnold Schwartzenegger got elected on a promise to reduce the vehicle licensing fee. Ever since we've had a structural deficit that is about the size of the reduction in the vehicle licensing fee, and no way to fill it. See http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/11/local/la-me-cap-budget-20110711 http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/11/local/la-me-cap-budg... for verification.
- glhaynes 15y agoYou feel comfortable with that statement as a universal?