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Keep in mind that government can only stimulate the economy by removing money from the economy through taxation. The jobs lost from cutting taxation would be replaced by jobs created from people having more money. If the government was 100% efficient and invested tax money wisely in infrastructure that has positive physical ROI then that would be a wise investment. But we all know that the government is highly wasteful because it is not their money they are spending, it is your money. Furthermore, a republic virtually guarantees officials will try to spend your money as much as a possible in order to win the votes of the people and the support of cronies in business. The most obvious solution is not to allow them to take money for general purposes and only for very specific/pre-defined purposes. The founding fathers knew this and this is why they didn't want the Federal government to have the power to spend money on whatever it wanted. That was left up to the states but it has long since been usurped. The basic idea was that different states would have different philosophical opinions on government and you could choose which one you wanted to live under. Alas, that was the idea but it got corrupted over time.
Often times, there is a left vs right approach to politics but they are both idiotic and immoral. Just because someone is against taxation doesn't mean they are pro crony capitalism. I think that point needs to be emphasized. Nobody is debating that there aren't fat cats that leech off the people through their connections in government. The solution is to not allow government to give them money and special favor in the first place. That comes from restricting the power of government, not granting them more control over everything. If you give them more control, they will obviously use it to support their cronies. You may be under the impression it will be for the good of the people but that is not what has historically happened. With greater power comes greater abuse.
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