That’s scarcely the point, klbdds. Yours is philosophical while my point is practical. No responsible government, nor household for that matter, decides to cut their income before they’ve paid their bills.
Clearly you’ve got a problem with taxes. So do I, and the solution’s simple : Tell your Representatives to lower spending, pay off the debt, then lower taxes, in that order. To put the cart before the horse is irresponsible and angling for catastrophe.
It seems 19 years was an important number with Jefferson (he decided that was the length of any generation of Citizens). He said it should be written in the Constitution that no National debt should last more than 19 years.
Reducing taxes below expenses perpetuates our debt unceasingly. So much for the Founders’ desire for a responsible government, klbdds.
I have a feeling that if spending were tied, by law, to taxes, such that tax rates automatically rise to equal spending, the amount we give to the Pentagon would magically become reasonable,
He won’t take the bait, Writer. They will never answer for Trump. All they will do is nitpick.