The proposed 2012 budget...

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr

Could some one explain this "lower-taxes-fixes-everything" idea? Simple Finn does not understand...

My personal belief is that the people responsible for creating taxes should be of the opinion that all taxes are evil. I'm not saying that they are, but too many people think that they're good, rather than just a tool.

In my ideal world there would be no taxes. Impossible? Of course. Government has no means to generate revenue, so if we want roads, police etc. we need taxes. If people were perfect we wouldn't need governments, but people aren't perfect, so we have governments and we have taxes.

But at the same time you mock the idea of lower taxes fixing things, I don't see you addressing the opposite. Are you saying that higher taxes can fix everything? If that's the case then shouldn't you be advocating 100% of everything we make going to the government, and then the wonderful people we elect can decide how much we need to live on?

I see you mocking one side, but ignoring the problems of your own. It's an all-too-common idea around here: "I'm right and you're stupid."