Are High Taxes “Patriotic” and Low Taxes “Rotten”?

October 25, 2021 by Dan Mitchell

Remember back when Joe Biden said paying more tax is patriotic? He was being a hypocrite, of course, since he aggressively sought to lower his own tax burden. But he was also behaving exactly as “public choice” theory predicts. Politicians naturally want more of our money, and they’ll use any excuse to justify reaching into our pockets.

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