Then why have tax at all?
replyAnswer to that is indeed this is tax expenditure.
Although rounding error compared to the war.
You're not wrong, but exorbitant deficit spending has its own dire consequences. (eventually) Not that I am telling you anything you don't already know.
replyWhat if we just inflate away the debt? Sure, ppl will hate dealing with very high inflation for a few years, and pensioners and whoever buys those trillions of debt will get screwed, but besides that we should be ok?
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