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by rayiner 200 days ago
No. The chart shows "Federal Receipts as Percent of Gross Domestic Product"
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stvltvs 200 days ago
Why choose that metric rather than income, corporate, capital gains, etc. tax rates? Seems like it could obfuscate who bears the burden of those taxes.
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rayiner 200 days ago
Because we are talking about the federal debt, not distributional issues.
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