Politics-Ethics Question

[jogger08152]

kibby wrote:
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Q2- The government should not support these people. The implication would be that, on average, 1/9th of every person's labor would be going to support those who are unproductive.

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Out of curiosity, do you favor cutting existing federal taxes? I would guess that 1/9th of all dollars - that is, maybe 1/3 of all Federal tax dollars - are "wasted" already, no? A fun current example as far as tax dollars go is the death of Gerald Ford: American taxpayers are going to pay for every (non-military, presumably) Federal worker to take the day off on Tuesday to "mourn" ex-president Gerald Ford's passing. Figure that's about .5% of the work year essentially wasted. (My apologies to any federal employee who is genuinely deeply saddened by the loss of our ex-president Ford. I hope I didn't hurt either of your feelings.)

kibby wrote:
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This would lead to instability as those at the lower ends of the economic ladder would naturally protest this situation.

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The lower end of the economic ladder would (in our hypothetical) be comprised largely of legless, armless folks, many of whom would not protest their own ongoing maintenance.