TokenBoomer@lemmy.worldM to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 5 days agoHappy New Year!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1422arrow-down19file-text
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minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·5 days agoThat’s not how a government budget works. It’s much more complicated that “number red or number black” like in a household budget. Taxes are what funds the government regardless of deficit reduction and lack thereof.
minus-squareRivalarrivallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 days agoIt is, indeed, much more complicated, but those complications cut both ways: It is not accurate to claim that the money paid to the IRS turns into paychecks. That idea is a ridiculous oversimplification.
That’s not how a government budget works. It’s much more complicated that “number red or number black” like in a household budget.
Taxes are what funds the government regardless of deficit reduction and lack thereof.
It is, indeed, much more complicated, but those complications cut both ways: It is not accurate to claim that the money paid to the IRS turns into paychecks. That idea is a ridiculous oversimplification.