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Tell me you don't know where roads come from without telling me you don't know where roads come from...
by forgetfreeman 2y ago
Tell me you don't know where roads come from without telling me you don't know where roads come from...
- roenxi 2y agoRoads are approximately 0% of GDP. In fact a quick check suggests that the US annual deficit is larger than road construction spending [0] so funnily enough it is probably feasible to get rid of all taxes in the US and reduce the deficit and still have roads. People love bringing up roads in this sort of topic for some reason but they really aren't a big enough spending target to be worth it. [0] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TLHWYCONS#0 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TLHWYCONS#0
- forgetfreeman 2y agoRoads are just one example. Either you get the concept or you dont.
- roenxi 2y agoI'd say it is more that if you pick any real line item that taxes are spent on (topics like welfare, warfare, debt and medicine) you start hitting highly political topics where there is usually a good argument that the taxation and spending is making things worse on net. So people have to pick trivial examples to try and brush aside that all the realistic ones are actually up for debate.
- robertlagrant 2y agoThe tell me...without construction is not a substitute for discussion. What do you actually mean, in non-Youtube comment-speke.
- forgetfreeman 2y agoNeither is rampant pedantry. Either you grasp the concept that government services and institutions literally make society possible and cost money or you don't.
- robertlagrant 2y agoThat doesn't seem relevant to the first comment you replied to.