I like your about me page.
That said, the part about taxes as part of the GDP, that isn’t the complete picture. Between state, city and county in addition to the federal governments 20% share, you’re looking at about 43% of the US GDP being government in some form.
Entire markets are defined by government today and people don’t even perceive it. Between FDA, CDC, NIH, DEA, making rules, the federal governments share through Medicare, Medicaid, the VA and a slew of other programs, US health care is defined by government. You can’t get a nasal decongestant in this country without a DEA reporting requirement. Hahaha - and people think you have a private market, choice, liability...
Thank you, and great points. Yes, all of the government agencies combined is a large portion of the GDP. What I like about that graph is that no matter the tax rate, the Feds still only pull in about 15 to 20% of the GDP in revenue.
Our problem isn’t a lack of taxes on the rich; it is overspending by lazy elected officials wanting to keep their offices more than to serve the constituents. And this is from the local to federal level.