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The Impact of Massive Federal Spending and Debt

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FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2024
“The rich” don’t need to be taxed any higher. They and many Americans who make far less than $1 million a year already pay the vast majority of the income taxes that feed the federal leviathan. And not only do “the poor” pay little or no income taxes, they receive tax refunds from the government of money they never paid in via refundable tax credits. I think the problem is rather that the Congress spends too much money. The national debt is not $22 trillion because “the rich” haven’t been taxed enough.
– Laurence M. Vance, “Tax the Rich?” [January 2019]

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