Comment by swiftcoder
17 days ago
> Alternatively, it is used to pay social benefits for the sole purpose of keeping the current political party in power
This sounds like a 2-party government problem, not a tax problem. Plenty of countries do just fine spending that money to provide healthcare, unemployment, etc to their citizenry. Only really seems to be the US that views this as a negative
Oh we spend that money, just on weapons or handouts to the welfare class known as the ultrawealthy.
Us does spend the money on healthcare, it is just very inefficient. US government spends much more per capita than any other country. 50% than the #2 country, Germany.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/283221/per-capita-health...
But that's mostly people/companies spending on health care, not as much the government (because that'd be socialism, apparently)
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The welfare classes that the government hands money to are elderly people and children.
This can be a problem, especially for the elderly. In France the retired (pensions are publicly funded) save 25% of their income on average, and earn more than the workers. France is also the most taxed country in the OECD and most voters are either retired or will retire next decade. It's just another clientelism.