Sure sounds like you swallowed the neo-liberal arguments bait, hook and sinker. Let me guess; you probably find 'Atlas Shrugged' to be a profound work of reason

Sure sounds like you swallowed the neo-liberal arguments bait, hook and sinker. Let me guess; you probably find 'Atlas Shrugged' to be a profound work of reason? > 1. Should we trust the government to spend the money more wisely than the folks who earned it? Ah, the neo-liberal myth of the maker, the builder, the job creator. Let me tell you this; our economy/ies are built on the back of low-wage workers that are always, always, always getting only a share of their value addition. A fraction. So, unfortunately, the people "earning" the money already don't get it. So we could at least increase the taxes on the moochers that keep them subservient and make sure that the actual makers and builders don't get bankrupted just because of an unexpected illness. > 2. What will incentivize people to work at insane rates if the vast majority of their income and wealth is taxed? I guess that would be hunger and the need to pay for a roof over the head. Because that's what it is like for the vast, suffocatingly overwhelming majority of people. They work at insane rates because they are paid a starving wage and don't have to luxury. Far too many are forced to work insane hours, far too many are even doing multiple jobs at the same time because pay is so bad. > long hours and sacrifices Haha, that was a good one. I'm terribly sorry, but the way you write makes it sound as if you would learn a lot from working a few months in a low-wage environment while having to pay your living expenses exclusively from that low-income wage. Without the option of going back home to your parents and cry. It might give you some perspective! That's what did it for me at least.