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Hey asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 2 years ago

Is there a single problem in the entire world for which liberals do not propose more government and higher taxes as a “solution”!?

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  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    no there are dozens

  • ?
    Lv 6
    2 years ago

    We either have elected representatives deciding our policies or big-business doing that which most benefits big-business. You may believe that the big-business option has sense, but in reality the biggest businesses have the most power and the biggest businesses are the oil industry, weapons manufacturers and the media. Eventually those businesses will take control of one powerful country and drag that country into countless wars against oil-rich nations in order to allow that country to steal their oil. Does this sound familiar? We need elected representatives AND an unbiassed media!

  • James
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Why yes, there is. The bloated military budget for one.

  • 2 years ago

    Yes. Get government OUT of telling women what they can and cannot do with their bodies and get government OUT of promoting any religions.

    Do you drive on public roads ? Then PAY for them, you cheap deadbeat.

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  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Lately that has been their push, bigger government

  • 2 years ago

    Says the .01% er's peon. You people are like old time town criers. Brainwashed into parroting what your masters tell you to parrot. 

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    U.S. Federal tax rates are, at present, among the lowest they have been in 70 years. Also, U.S. Federal tax rates are, as a fraction of GDP, among the lowest in the developed world, despite a disproportionate expenditure on the military. As a result, many things in our society that used to work are not working anymore, and continue to deteriorate. Under these circumstances, it is not unreasonable to advocate for an increase in taxes, say, back to the levels prior to the George W. Bush tax cuts of 2002, or perhaps back to the levels at the end of the Reagan administration.

    But to answer your question --- the proposed "carbon tax", designed to counter the existential threat of catastrophic global warming, includes the provision that other taxes be reduced, in order to maintain overall Federal revenue at a constant level. This has been done in other countries with success.

  • Tom V
    Lv 5
    2 years ago

    I am pretty liberal. I think we need to reduce the size of federal government and balance our budget. You probably agree we both of those things. To do that, though, we need to cut spending, and no one can agree on what to cut. So instead, all lawmakers, including conservatives, just keep spending and spending. Even Trump, who complained about the national debt during his campaign, and who enjoyed two years of Republicans controlling both houses of Congress, has added 4 trillion to our debt and increased the number of government employees by 30,000.

  • humpty
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Yes, there are. Corruption, for one. All we propose is a fair trial followed by a just verdict.

    You know, all that "Liberals love big government" stuff is so much horse excrement. You neofascists and conservatives (there is a difference) are just the same. You want huge programs to solve what you perceive as problems and squander tax dollars on them. The wall, for instance, or the draconian enforcement of women's reproductive oppression. Those wars you got us into have cost tens of trillions.

    Accusing us of being wasteful and throwing money at problems is the pot calling the kettle black. The difference between us is priorities, not method.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Surely you realize you cannot tax-cut your way to prosperity, right?

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