Ronstar
Moderator Emeritus
Hamlet said:This is a more accurate analogy--
You tell the kid to buy his clothes, food, etc out of his allowance. You then cut his allowance and then get mad when he can't still purchase all of the same things he could before. In fact, you seem to expect him to actually start paying rent as well.
For the past 40 years, the cost of the federal government has bounced around 20% of GDP (its higher now due to the recession and stimulus spending, but I'm talking long term here). We have our taxes set currently so that they only bring in about 15% of GDP.
If you want to continue with a 15% GDP tax rate, you need to specify what government services you want to remove/reduce to get down to a 15% GDP cost structure. In order to get down to that cost level, you are going to need to make real cuts in Defense, SS, Medicare, or Medicaid. What serious cuts do you advocate making?
I was going to post my own list of removals/reductions, but I found this list to be more comprehensive.
http://www.patriotactionnetwork.com/forum/topics/if-the-following-useless