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- tommyo0
Blaw you're absolutely right. Also, I think a lot of these tax bracket envy issues are simply smokescreen. Turn the many (not rich) against the few (rich) when no one asks the question 'what is gov spending this money on? And do we as a whole society agree with it?' Why do government contractors get $ signs in their eyes when they land a contract? Simply put, gov overspends even on things they need. I read an article a while ago that talks about the 4 different scenarios of spending money, I thought it was pretty interesting, alas I can't find it but I'll paraphrase:
1. Someone buying something for themselves with their own money. The person will look for value AND quality.
2. Someone buying something for someone else. The person will look for value over quality.
3. Someone buying something for themselves with someone elses money. The person will look for quality over value.
4. (the scenario that fits gov spending) The person is buying somethng for someone else, with someone elses money. They look for neither quality nor value.
In essence the way gov uses our money to purchase things is flawed psychologically and leads to over spending. Which is also why gov agencies are bloated (too many people for the amount of work). I don't know a good answer for this but I do know that if gov ran itself with the ever watchful eye that private businesses do, they'd be a lot more efficient and cost effective.