tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post3273645975326322227..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Should We Take Donald Trump's Tax Cut Proposal Seriously?Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-43216613638341094242017-05-13T18:39:15.426-04:002017-05-13T18:39:15.426-04:00Tax cuts without spending cuts means more taxation...Tax cuts without spending cuts means more taxation later. So theres really no tax cuts. I think you missed his point.Austro-Punkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170272148725680161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-17116907432461861562017-05-13T18:38:06.555-04:002017-05-13T18:38:06.555-04:00Those creditors must be paid back. How are they pa...Those creditors must be paid back. How are they paid back? By taxation. Austro-Punkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170272148725680161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-85353832294996979452017-05-03T22:37:29.667-04:002017-05-03T22:37:29.667-04:00To summarize this post in one sentence: the only t...To summarize this post in one sentence: the only thing that matters is the total amount taken in tax.<br /><br />Most of us think rates, thresholds and the complexity of the tax code impact wealth creation.Marmitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850328196531520558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-46867304684002799342017-05-03T15:08:34.923-04:002017-05-03T15:08:34.923-04:00So I wonder if Bob would, in lieu of cutting spend...So I wonder if Bob would, in lieu of cutting spending AND tsxes if he would support increasing taxes to decrease the deficit?<br /><br />Something tells me no. Sorry Bob, your position on this is a mess.<br /><br />I'm with Rothbard on this one. Tax cuts anytime on anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-41435949994031063302017-05-03T13:37:11.702-04:002017-05-03T13:37:11.702-04:00But creditors only lend to the government because ...But creditors only lend to the government because they are confident the government will have the means to repay the debt, which comes from taxation of some sort (direct, or through inflation of the money supply). Thus they are active participants in the taxation robbery scam, the fences, as it were.The NAPsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631781625841157567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-81171716573992060662017-05-03T09:00:48.136-04:002017-05-03T09:00:48.136-04:00Agree with the basic point, however isn't ther...Agree with the basic point, however isn't there a case to be made that government borrowing is somewhat less bad than taxation since the creditors are to some degree voluntarily funding government spending wheras taxation is necessarily aggression?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968441656658845395noreply@blogger.com