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In Which I Unexpectedly Agree with AOC
She may think she’s blasting capitalism, but someone needs to explain her real complaint is against corporatism:
‘Instead of conservative politicians scaring people that socialism means the government is going to take over their business, “we should be scared right now because corporations have taken over our government,” she said.’
And almost all the large interest groups who benefit from Big Government are on her side of the political spectrum. Corporatism, or the use of government to capture market-share, is the consequence of a too powerful government.
Maybe we can convert her to a freedom lover.
I can dream, can’t I?
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What have you done this time?? ;-)
15% is about what we (middle class) pay already. It’s greater than 10%, but less than 18% as suggested as the maximum earlier.
And it’s dudette, Dude.
Thank you. This is from memory so please refrain from boiling me in oil if I am a bit off: I think the Feds consume just over 18% of our annual GNP. That is why I said no higher than 18%. In that way DC gets no bigger than it currently is.
That is my argument at least for the 18%. The 10% comes from my Bible.
15% is too much Fed. Go with 10% to the Fed and 5% Flat Tax to your State?
Solid copy on the dudette. I stand corrected ma’am.
You want the feds to tell the states what their income tax rate should be?
And it’s very trusting of you to believe the Feds won’t grow the government just because they’re collecting less tax revenue. They always have the printing presses and the “lock boxes” (aka deficits and debt).
No I do not. That was worded quite poorly. I just like the 10% for the Feds. My point should have been that that would free up about 5% of the middle class’s gross income to spend on local services such as education and Blackwater NextGeneration that you may be needing in the near future.