Been twice through the Mediterranean countries and parts of Northern Africa. Your $60 shoes at our stores are 500% more costly throughout places like Italy, Spain and so forth.
I bring this up on this tax reform thread because I see this where the USA is going with our socialists.
No matter what we reform things go like cancer with taxes unless you do the two basic things.
#1. Shrink the size of government.
#2. Deny people access to the Treasury for all but a brief time unless elderly or massively disabled.
I read another article about half of American households paying no taxes which is a problem.
Who can say they are out of work for years unless....
They are on drugs.
They are lazy.
They are unwilling to look for a lesser paying job when their prior job stopped or the profession went belly up.
Stop the benefits and behavior will change. Then you get more tax payers.