Re: Ron Paul on taxation?
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Even if we generously assume that SS and all payroll-tax-funded programs are canceled or balance out, how could we conceivably run even a limited government on $172 billion, which is about 18% of current DISCRETIONARY funding (excluding SS, Medicare, etc.)?
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By conceivably cutting out a bunch of [censored] the government does poorly or shouldn't be doing in the first place?
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I'm pretty sure interest payments alone are substantially more than $172 B.
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Wiki has the 2007 budget ~247 billion in interest.
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