[quote]To sum up: [b]Short Sighted[/b] Economics 101 Less/lower taxes = vibrant economy, more personal wealth and more government "revenue," more people tend to voluntarily pay taxes owed [b]public education starts to collapse due to lack of funding[/b] More/higher taxes = stalled economy, less personal wealth, less jobs, less investing, [b]more people tend to avoid paying taxes owed[/b][b][u]HOW IN SWEET SHAXX'S SHOULDER CHARGE IS THIS REASONABLE?[/u][/b][/quote] Not okay to suppose that tax evasion should be included in your system. Tax fraud should be heavily sanctioned, and is not because totally screwy of pork barrel politics Look at the rising education and tech industry of heavily socialist Scandinavian/Asian countries. Look at the socialized education system of GDP dominant Germany. Do you think they teach/accept American capitalist economics? Taxes should (you could argue they aren't - and this should be the focus of [u]productive[/u] tax reform) be an investment in our social infrastructure