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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
Debt is increased by spending money you don't have. The solution needs to be reduced spending. Increasing the tax burden on the productive members of society isn't fair and can be counterproductive during hard times.
Our governments should concern themselves with our protection and law and order. Wealth distribution should be determined by the creativity, resourcefulness, and sweat of the population. It is not the place of government to determine how much is too much and then take the surplus away.
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What is fair? Is lowering the tax burden on the "productive" members so that the debt increases fair? Government has a cost, defined by what it provides a society. So it is very much the place of government to determine how much to take.
Cutting taxes has never brought about recovery from a recession or depression. Spending has. The Clinton administration had budget surpluses. Now there are not. When did this start? Right at the time of Bush's tax cuts.