Glen Contrarian
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It's been my contention for some time now that very little in the macroeconomic sense, very little of our federal taxes are truly wasted, that in reality they go towards keeping our economy flowing, and that the only federal tax dollars that are wasted are those that leave our borders. The money that the rich send to tax havens like Switzerland and the Cayman Islands - that money is wasted, and the people who do so should not be getting tax breaks at all.
It is also my contention that when it comes to federal spending, what's important is not so much that it is federal spending, but on what that federal money is spent. I love my aircraft carriers (it's a retired Navy thing), but I'd much prefer to have the tens of billions we spend on them to be spent instead on paying for college tuition for our youth.
But there are many here who think that the majority of our federal tax dollars are wasted, that they're somehow poured down an economic black hole, never to be seen again. To those people, I'd like to ask two questions:
1. What domestic spending is wasteful, and
2. Exactly how is it wasteful? Meaning, tell me what happens to the tax dollars themselves, that they are indeed wasted.
It is also my contention that when it comes to federal spending, what's important is not so much that it is federal spending, but on what that federal money is spent. I love my aircraft carriers (it's a retired Navy thing), but I'd much prefer to have the tens of billions we spend on them to be spent instead on paying for college tuition for our youth.
But there are many here who think that the majority of our federal tax dollars are wasted, that they're somehow poured down an economic black hole, never to be seen again. To those people, I'd like to ask two questions:
1. What domestic spending is wasteful, and
2. Exactly how is it wasteful? Meaning, tell me what happens to the tax dollars themselves, that they are indeed wasted.