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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

So does cutting programs. Both are equally true and untrue, simultaneously, depending on the exact changes you're talking about. Both can make things better, both can make things worse. If you want to get into examples, we can...

Okay, I see what you mean now. My mind has been preoccupied with work things and I didn't give sufficient thought to what you had said. So, yeah, I can understand that and I do agree.

It's my opinion though that we all (everybody, lower-, middle-, upper-class) are way overtaxed at the moment anyway. I'm anti-"special tax" (cigarette tax, fuel tax, etc.) I'm anti-lottery. I think sales tax is too high (although I am enjoying living in a sales tax-free state). We're taxed on our phones, our utilities, our property. Even renters are paying the property tax for the landlords. The government dips its sticky fingers into my paycheck and takes out even more tax that's above and beyond income tax.

However, there are government sponsored programs that I am in favor of that do require tax dollars, and so taxes are a necessity. I just wish it could be done in a more favorable way. No nickel and diming us at every turn. Equitable across all incomes. And sufficient to efficiently fund a smaller government.