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It's still a useful measure to be aware of. Imagine if the IRS costed 30% of collected taxes to run instead of 0.4%. That would be a pretty telling sign that ma
by xboxnolifes 3y ago
It's still a useful measure to be aware of. Imagine if the IRS costed 30% of collected taxes to run instead of 0.4%. That would be a pretty telling sign that maybe we need to improve the IRS instead of raising taxing.
- bee_rider 3y agoOnly, I think, in the sense that it would be bad if it was very expensive. It just isn’t an efficiency, in the <achieved quantity>/<total quantity> sense. The measurement of <tax revenue>/<money spend on tax collection> is meaningless in the same way that a comparison between the energy required to flip a light switch and the energy that is sent to that socket as a result is basically meaningless. I mean, sure, if tending a light switch required an appreciable percentage of the amount of the energy the socket could provide, that would be bad, but it is a ridiculous scenario.