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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
I did not take it as a shot. I read it again and did not like how it came out and understood the confusion.
EDIT: As an added point to our discussion about spending and taxes, I find the decision to spend more is much easier for a government to make than it is to restrain or cut spending. As a voter who is mindful of that fact I find it less dangerous to vote for a party that doesn't want to spend more.
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Oh, I have reservations about giving any government more money. I know that at some point there would be a desire for them to spend, without question. I actually think we can afford to spend, and in some areas we need to spend. For example, you wouldn't get a huge amount of argument from either side of the political spectrum if you pointed to infrastructure as an area of need. Even within the education system the infrastructure deficit is huge; schools need repairs and upgrades let alone many that need to be built.
My issue is how we fund these things though. We have an enormous amount of money from a one-time resource. We have this money for a somewhat limited time, although no one is sure for how long. The prudent thing is not to use this boon to keep taxes low for this generation and potentially no others. Clearly the prudent and responsible thing to do is pay an incrementally higher tax rate today and wind up with something to show for all of this resource wealth.