[yaok]

Agreed. My point is just that each person tends to favor one or the other.

In truth, it's a false dichotomy for everyone except the super-rich. People could have both low taxes and good social services if they would be willing to tax the super-rich to the same extent that we did so back in, say, 1950.

[philwelch]

Hell, even 1985. 91% tax rates probably aren't good policy regardless of the bracket.