(03-28-2019 10:18 AM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(03-28-2019 10:11 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  And I don't believe in starving the goose - that's a grosse mischaracterization of my stance. I believe that taxation and responsible appropriation allows us to tackle massive problems that are not going to be profitable for private industries to handle. Tell me how exactly you convince private industry to pay for a sea wall to protect lower Manhattan? Sometimes, you need a non-profit motivated entity to come in and provide services that rely on fees from all citizens.

lad, you are correct that it might mischaracterize *your* POV.

It does *not* mischaracterize the POV of more (much, much more) than a generous proportion of progressives in this nation, who view the taxation system as a means for 'social equalization' (or somefink like that....)

I dont think you can deny that.

But even then, it isn't starving the goose - no one is asking for 100% taxation, or anywhere close to that. It would be akin to me saying OO's approach is fattening the goose, as opposed to just feeding it.