tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5772320554819631112.post4630987587764546929..comments2011-04-15T06:40:30.769-07:00Comments on The Moorenado: Economics Made EasyJonathan Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146550843249192095noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5772320554819631112.post-14149780149034646602011-04-15T06:40:30.769-07:002011-04-15T06:40:30.769-07:00Excuse me for responding so late to this post and ...Excuse me for responding so late to this post and therefore entering a conversation long after it's finished. I should have been more attentive before.<br />All the same, I was just wondering, I thought taxes were meant to be a way to pay the government for a public service: Taking Care of its People (through military protection, social security, welfare, and whatnot)? Granted, they don't always do this, and when they do, it does seem they assume that they're "smarter than the average bear" but... I'm not sure paying taxes is the same thing as breaking a window.<br />Could you clarify?TheMediaRunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17067486288958995878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5772320554819631112.post-88057843278741839912010-03-01T07:05:01.351-08:002010-03-01T07:05:01.351-08:00It all basically boils down to this: the governmen...It all basically boils down to this: the government has no money; every dollar the government spends, loans out, etc. comes from us. so the irony behind cash for clunkers, for instance, is the government literally loaned our own money back to us in exchange for us destroying cars that, in most cases, probably worked fine, for us to buy cars that we couldn't afford in the first place.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16594950991726246738noreply@blogger.com