Of course you can. Tax dollars are not earmarked. Answering "but spending" to talk about taxation is not a rebuttal.
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VAT is regressive and made progressiveness possible … follow best practiceshttps://twitter.com/planmaestro/status/749409726065061888 …
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Sure, if you want higher total tax outtake. But that's another argument than progressive/regressive. Could also start taxing income at +30% above $2k/y like Sweden. The way the welfare state was sold and got massive buy-in here.
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But that has never been achieved in a non-homogenous country, so I'm not holding my breath.
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Yes, that can be a problemhttps://twitter.com/planmaestro/status/589811140881842177 …
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But to use the tax structure in isolation as a fairness argument is not fair
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Disagree, but that aside, comparing federal level to "best practices" in countries more equivalent to Vermont than US as a whole is seriously flawed.
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I'll get back to you when I find the one with +100m, diverse pop and high trust.
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So more like Brazil because I wouldn't count on the high trust any longer :)
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I think the U.S. is moving in that direction as well. 
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