If Deficits Don't Matter, Why Bother with Taxes?

If Deficits Don’t Matter, Why Bother with Taxes?

Tags: Taxes and Spending

03/30/2021 Peter St. Onge

If deficits don’t matter, why bother with taxes? The regime has the answer: taxes are important for punishing people we don’t like, rewarding our friends, and for maintaining control over the public.

Original Article: “If Deficits Don’t Matter, Why Bother with Taxes?“

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