ManusJustus said:
You can when the facts are wrong. This theory from an opinion article (of all places) is dead wrong, the United States percentage of tax revenue to GDP has not been 19.5% since 1950, in fact its been around 10% for the past few years. http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/tax_tax_rev_of_gdp-taxation-tax-revenue-of-gdp |
Owned.
This kind of reinforces the other problem I brought up in the other thread we were having an economic discussion in, that the current tax system allows people to avoid paying taxes way too easily because of all the loopholes. When we raise taxes on the rich, they funnel their money out of the country or do somersaults of tax evasion to prevent paying extra. For how bad of shape our national debt is in, we should be taking in a lot more if only to decrease the national debt, which will eventually be a huge burden on our entire economic sector.
We should solve the problem now, rather than later. If it keeps growing at the rate it is now, the interest payments on the debt will become over 20% of our federal budget, and even more if it goes on for longer.
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