Originally Posted by aklim

OK. Lets talk about the money going somewhere then. What you seem to be saying is that either the govt taxes me or I will spend it. Same difference since it all goes to the economy. I don't think so. Running a small business, I do know that if the taxes go up, it forces me to think again if I want to hire another guy or try make do with those I have. Say you raise my taxes by 10K. Well, a new employee will cost more than 10K so you think it won't affect my decision to hire a new person? I disagree. The more my taxes go up, the less likely I will be to hire someone. What that means is that if I don't hire that someone, you will get 10K more from me but that guy might miss out on 30K. People get spooked and might decide not to invest more in something because of the taxes. I know some do.