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Are there any stats on how much taxes paid are indirect vs. direct?
As far as I remember here in Euro Trash EU it's something like 53 pct. are indirect (like 20 pct. VAT on anything you buy etc.)
So even that hardly any individual pays any direct income tax (and there is estimated only about 36 pct. direct income taxes being physically paid - the rest is "hidden" in front of the tax office) and there are hardly any property taxes - you always end up majorly ass fucked, as the everyday goods and services get artificially expensive.
So it is indeed a magical cycle - hardly anyone pays taxes so then they have to get money by taxing the consumption.
That fucks and lowers the disposable income just about for everyone BUT for those, that get the consumption "subsided" in ways I'm even terrified to imagine.
I'd be curious what's the indirect vs. direct in US
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