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The things you listed account for about 10% of the US federal budget [1]. For the other things we pay waaaay more per capita than almost all other OECD nations.
by anateus 12y ago
The things you listed account for about 10% of the US federal budget [1]. For the other things we pay waaaay more per capita than almost all other OECD nations.
[1] http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=1258 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=1258
- fpgeek 12y agoI think you're missing the point. It doesn't matter what's right or wrong with tax and spending policies. If the taxing authority routinely fails to collect the taxes that are on the books, there's a more basic problem with the rule of law. There are ways to fix that problem other than stepping up enforcement (e.g. changing the easily evaded taxes, for instance), but it is a fundamental governance problem that can't be ignored.