Hello Evmetro,
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Evmetro
It is great that you have thought all this out, and that you are passionate about it. I remain confident that a hungry government makes strong people, and that hungry people make a strong government. I also disapprove of being obligated to support capable but non productive people.
And you apparently disapprove of helping some very productive people who are simply very productive at things that don't pay very well. Hey. It's not your fault that the poor are poor, right? So it must be THEIRS, right? It is so easy to feel no obligation to help, if the problem is none of your fault. I mean, who would want to be OBLIGATED to do the right thing? Well, nobody. If they don't already want to help the unfortunate on their own, certainly they would not want to be obligated to do it. But if they would want to help others on their own, it wouldn't matter, because they are already committed to helping others.
It is naturally understandable that if someone does not want to obligated to helping others, then they are simply going to ignore any relationship between wealth redistribution and positive economic effects. I mention it, but you don't comment on it. I think I know why. You're happy with deficit-spending to boost the economy. Sort of an instant-gratification, who-cares-about-the-future kind of a thing, but I get it. And I disagree. It is irresponsible to try to rev up an already-strong economy with deficit spending. A strong economy is when you need to try to pay down the debt.
So really, by being obligated to help others, we help ourselves by making the economy sustainably strong, able to pay down the federal debt, help others, and help ourselves with more business from a strong economy. It is a win-win. A good deal is always win-win.
This is part of the total being greater than the sum of the parts thing. We all really want to help, but only if we know everybody else is, too. We don't want to be the only one, or one of the few only helping a little. But if everybody has to do it, then it is automatically covered. And it actually helps the economy because those poor people spend everything they get. They have to. And we all get the sense of giving. Opening up our hearts. Like Christmas, you know? Think of it as Christmas all year. And it doesn't really hurt that much. Like I say. Taxing never made a rich man poor.
Yes, I have given the matter a great deal of thought, which is why my thinking cannot be summed up into an oft-repeated over simplified sound-byte.
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