Based on the flawed premise that the money belongs to the government in the first place and lower taxes "costs" the government by letting people keep the money they earned in the first place.
eliminating or reducing many of the popular tax breaks for businesses and individuals that cost $1 trillion annually
“Based on the flawed premise that the money belongs to the government in the first place and lower taxes “costs” the government by letting people keep the money they earned in the first place.”
Well, not arguing with your basic premise but of course there is a “cost” to the government when you let people keep more of their money. The money doesn’t “belong to the to the government in the first place” but the argument is what a fair tax rate should be, not whether or not we should have a tax system at all. Otherwise, we could just lower the rate to 0% and our military could consist of private groups like Blackwater and militias.
Someone will be on here shortly arguing that’s not a half bad idea...