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surely you should have an answer to that question before you start claiming that 30% is screwing you?
by bandushrew 15y ago
surely you should have an answer to that question before you start claiming that 30% is screwing you?
- orangecat 15y agoExhibit A would be the lack of societal collapse during the 90s, when government spending per-capita and as a percentage of GDP was significantly lower than today.
- bandushrew 15y agohmm? Tax rates are lower now than they were in the 90s.
- orangecat 15y agoYes, and I agree we need to raise taxes (putting me in a very small minority of libertarians). But as to the question of how much government needs to spend in order to have a functioning society, the clear answer is "much less than it spends today".
- bandushrew 15y agoI suspect that hinges greatly on your definition of a functioning society. To be honest I am not following your points at all well.
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- tghw 15y agoIf we're going to cite the 90s, let's not forget that taxes were a good bit higher then as well. In fact, right at the end there, we had a budget surplus.