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Originally posted by Captain
One of the things I have problems with is the idea of "baseline economic activity". Since neither the government nor the economic activity exist in a vacuum, the only baseline that exists is itself the result of a series of policy decisions, and cannot be divorced from them.
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This is as useful as deconstruction is to understanding english literature. Start with the premise one needs revenue for a government. So you have taxes. Figure out how best to raise those taxes so as not to distort free-market economic activity. Mix in the need for social goals, such as modest redistribution of income/wealth. You would not end up with a system as complex as ours in doing that.
