• @UnderpantsWeevil
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    614 days ago

    tax money is spent

    Spending is entirely divorced from revenue. That’s how we run deficits.

    We’ve played the “cut taxes first, cut spending later” game since Carter, and I dare you to show me three consecutive years where the deficit actually contracted.

    is just taken from productive sectors

    Sectors that run high margins are defacto not productive. They are assigning large mark ups over the real cost of production.

    If you want to reduce inflation without hitting productivity, you need to extract taxes from these high margin businesses.

    Once shrinking your margin becomes a tax avoidance strategy, wages rise and prices fall.

    Targeted high margin taxation is a proven strategy for deflating prices. But this requires a level of education that goes beyond Econ 101.

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      fedilink
      -614 days ago

      @UnderpantsWeevil

      Sectors that run high margins also have the ability to reinvest, which is how we get most applied innovation.

      • @UnderpantsWeevil
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        314 days ago

        Sectors that run high margins also have the ability to reinvest

        If you’re reinvesting, you’re running lower margins thanks to increased capital costs.

        I recommend you go back and revisit a basic business accounting class.

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          -414 days ago

          @UnderpantsWeevil

          Reinvesting does not necessary occur in the same cycle where the profit is generated; in fact, it usually involves saving up for some time.