Quote:
Originally Posted by OrdoSeclorum
Taxes pay for the investments that create economic growth. The internet, mobile telephony, the basic research that's responsible for nearly every small molecule therapeutic, the interstate highway system; trains. The purchase of the center of the continent from the French. All of that required taxes and spending by a commonwealth.
Some investments can only be made by a group of people. People need to pool their money to make those investments. If that money is wasted, it's wasteful and inefficient. If that money creates the internet, the returns can be astronomical.
|
Too bad very little of Illinois taxes do any of that. Most goes to paying bloated benefits of government workers.
Illinois will have one of the highest tax burdens in the nation after JB is done with his spending spree. I guarantee we will have very little to show for it other than happy public unions.