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Old 03-13-2016, 07:52 AM
 
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"Begin by acknowledging the obvious -- successful Democratic Socialism requires mountains of tax revenue to finance all the handouts. Absent sufficient income, everything is empty rhetoric. Put colloquially, Democratic Socialism requires flocks of Golden Geese, all happy to lay ample golden eggs."

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" successful Democratic Socialism requires mountains of tax revenue to finance all the handouts."

Which is why most European countries have such big tax rates.
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Old 03-13-2016, 12:04 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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In the absence of the 16th Amendment, wouldn't residents of, say, Alabama pay a higher effective tax rate than residents of, say. Connecticut? And I certainly would not trust Alabama to tax me fairly.
Then people in Alabama would be free to leave and move to Connecticut.
No one can get away from it as it is.
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