[ksen]

I’ve only seen this happen because the government took more and more from the economy- destroying growth. As in the last 20 years or so.

You know that taxes as a percent of GDP has been trending down over the past 20 years, right?

So where is your evidence of the government "taking more from the economy - destroying growth" because I have yet to see any.

[mrsmith]

Duh, do you know GDP includes government spending so your statement is circular and therefore meaningless?
I believe over 25% of the GDP is government spending now!

If you care to find a meaningful statistic, and there must be one, let’s both look at it.