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Originally Posted by filtherton
When has that ever worked? Tax cuts don't actually make the government more efficient, they just cut the amount of benefits that actually make it to the citizen. You can't tell me that the goverment has been running any more efficiently since the bush tax cuts. It also seems like tax cuts generally bring with them an increasing deficit. You don't have to be an economist to see that record deficits are far from the most efficient of economic policies. You can ask our grandchildren how they feel about our "efficient" tax policies if you live long enough.
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The reason it hasn't worked is that it's never been done. There have been some tax cuts over the years but the government has never committed to remaining within a budget or accounting for all the monies it receives. The current system is designed to reward those politicians who bring home the pork and the country be damned.
So, do you think the current system is working properly and that the government is efficient at using the funds it gets now? If the answer is no, then how do you propose that situation is addressed? Certainly taking more from citizens won't change it.