Since the tax rates haven’t actually gone down, then perhaps the shortfall is due to imprudent spending increases… hmmm? Free healthcare anybody? Regulating lemonade stands? Subsidized wind farms? Platinum public employee pensions? Nah, why would we want our government to be more frugal when we have all these rich people we can get to pay for our free stuff! That’s the ticket!
Since the tax rates haven’t actually gone down, then perhaps the shortfall is due to imprudent spending increases… hmmm? Free healthcare anybody? Regulating lemonade stands? Subsidized wind farms? Platinum public employee pensions? Nah, why would we want our government to be more frugal when we have all these rich people we can get to pay for our free stuff! That’s the ticket!