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0 pointsrayiner5mo ago0 comments

No. The chart shows "Federal Receipts as Percent of Gross Domestic Product"

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Why choose that metric rather than income, corporate, capital gains, etc. tax rates? Seems like it could obfuscate who bears the burden of those taxes.

rayinerOP5mo ago

Because we are talking about the federal debt, not distributional issues.

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stvltvs5mo ago

Why choose that metric rather than income, corporate, capital gains, etc. tax rates? Seems like it could obfuscate who bears the burden of those taxes.

rayinerOP5mo ago

Because we are talking about the federal debt, not distributional issues.

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