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Originally Posted by piece-itpete
Yeah, spending the SS money and cutting the military like there'd never be another threat really worked out for us.
No matter WHO pays, simply raising taxes will take 115 billion - 1.3 TRILLION a year - out of the economy. Over 10% of GNP! Over and above what they already take.
How big of a government do you want?
Pete
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You are assuming that the wealthy spend their money here and not on the Riviera, or Paris, or London, or Berlin.