Having just returned from *The Patriot* reminds me of a question I'd
like answered:
What does the ratio of taxation to GDP look like pre- and post- American
Revolution? Spending:GDP? My sense is there was no change, or it
actually rose (the British were subsidizing U.S. defense). Anyone know
the data?
--
Prof. Bryan Caplan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan
"What a lot of trouble to prove in political economy that two and
two make four; and if you succeed in doing so, people cry, 'It is
so clear that it is boring.' Then they vote as if you had never
proved anything at all."
--Frederic Bastiat, "What Is Seen and What is Not Seen"
