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There’s nothing about the math of taxes - spending = debt that says the thing you have to care about most is the right side of that equation. Valuing low taxes over low spending is a subjective preference, not a mathematical inconsistency.

But in once case "I" keep my money instead of sending it to Washington.

Paul believes people should keep more of their own money and govt should spend less. That is a consistent and practical worldview.

You don't really understand how ledgers work, do you?

How about decreasing government spending??

Just a reminder: tax cuts are great, Government spending is horrid. People will only realize this when its way too late.

Yeah, God forbid we cut out special interest spending and allow taxpayers to keep a little more of what we earn.

Spending is the root of all taxation. It is also the root of all debt. "Debt is debt" contradicts this fundamental truth.

This is why we say the liberal brain is diseased. You really think the government owns my labor. Democrats never got over losing their slaves.

Do you understand that a vote for tax cuts can accompany a cut in spending, simultaneously? Jeez, how do you get jobs?

Your premise is based on the fallacy that it's not our money ... that it is the government’s largesse, to dole out as they see fit.

The money does not belong to the government.

The implication that there’s cognitive dissonance here ignores that fiscal conservatism is about reducing both taxes and expenditures. The two aren’t mutually exclusive. Indeed, most fiscal conservatives argue that it would be impossible to tax our way out of this debt.