>That is exactly the presumption some make - that the government should >allocate income to the population, using the tax code as a tool of >social engineering to enact the currently fashionable conception of >"fairness".
Fairness is not a fashion. Fairness is a fundamental virtue. >If spending on goods and services is stimulative, then most tax cuts >will be stimulative directly, when folks spend, or indirectly, when >folks save and the banks lend to others who will spend. When a poor person goes to the grocery store the multiplier effect of the expenditure is much higher than when a rich person spends that same money on more bling. Keeping that poor person healthy and productive has an additional multiplier effect on the economy and reduces emergency health care costs. Giving the money to a rich person has zero impact. It really is simple math, but neocons deny math and global warming. >I hate the fact that my children and grandchildren are being saddled >with an enormous debt to feed a prolifigate government. The debt was run up by prolifigate bankers and a government that didn't function. If the money is spent wisely, and not wasted on tax breaks for the rich, the economy will grow and the debt can be quickly paid back. This is what happend before, Reagan ran up the debt, Clinton retired it, and Bush ran it up again. Your children don't have to worry as long as we can keep those wacky neocons away from the government and the economy. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
