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And now we're paying 10x the fraction of our gdp as the early non war days. The feds are bleeding us dry to line they and their corrupt friends pockets and the
by ty6853 2y ago
And now we're paying 10x the fraction of our gdp as the early non war days.
The feds are bleeding us dry to line they and their corrupt friends pockets and their public debt.
- BriggyDwiggs42 2y agoIf we got rid of the federal government, and things didn’t break put into war or anything, would the issue be solved?
- ty6853 2y agoNo nothing will 'solve' it, but it may attenuate it in some states. Although moving from size in early days to zero is your own strawman.
- BriggyDwiggs42 2y agoI guess my issue is more that I feel like you’re looking in the wrong direction here. Imo the government’s behavior, which I don’t think is quite as egregious as you’re making it out to be, is primarily downstream from other things (notably the interests of money). I asked that question because I don’t think that getting rid of the federal government would help people very much at all.
- scarface_74 2y agoA quick Google search shows the median income tax as percentage of income is around 15%
- ty6853 2y agoFederal income tax was zero most of the time before 1913.
- scarface_74 2y ago15% is a far cry from “bleeding us dry”.
- ty6853 2y agoFederal gov spends about 24% of GDP. Meanwhile HN is constantly reminding us landlords are bleeding us dry at closer to 30% of income. Pre WW1 peacetime federal spending would be a godsend for working families.