600 B = ~ 4% of the GDP. Not too much under the concept of “PROVIDE for the COMMON defense.” This is down from ~ 8% in the 60s.
$1 for federal welfare is too much under the concept of “PROMOTE the GENERAL welfare”
Welfare, to include all unearned entitlements, is the problem. Fix this issue and the taxers will take care of themselves.
See, you’re caught in that percent game. I don’t pay my mortgage on percent of income and neither do you. We pay on dollars. So, try actually thinking if $600,000,000,000 is enough or not, not if its worth some kind of percent. I mean, do you go to Wal-Mart and the price is listed as “$1.99” or is it listed as “$0.0001% of your income”?