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Justin Amash
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US House candidate, MI-3

I defend #liberty and explain every vote at http://facebook.com/justinamash  • 'Laws must be general, equal, and certain.' —F.A. Hayek

Third District of Michigan
Joined January 2011

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    1. Justin Amash‏Verified account @justinamash Jul 23
      US House candidate, MI-3

      Justin Amash Retweeted reason

      Enough with the big-government central planning of our lives. Stop using the tax code for social engineering.https://twitter.com/reason/status/1021477559383420928 …

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      reasonVerified account @reason
      Republicans want to make gym memberships tax deductible. That's a terrible idea. http://bit.ly/2JKtmx7 
      119 replies 467 retweets 1,688 likes
    2. Daniel McAdams‏ @DanielLMcAdams Jul 23
      Replying to @justinamash

      But sir, that presumes the government owns your money in the first place. How is allowing you to keep a little more of your own money a bad thing? Regardless of the details?

      3 replies 4 retweets 32 likes
      Justin Amash‏Verified account @justinamash Jul 23
      US House candidate, MI-3
      Replying to @DanielLMcAdams

      No, it does not assume that. Moreover, unless you’ve decided not to pay taxes, you must live with the consequences of government tax decisions. To support a targeted tax break is to commit the broken window fallacy. The opportunity cost is a broad-based tax cut that was forgone.

      8:31 PM - 23 Jul 2018
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        2. Daniel McAdams‏ @DanielLMcAdams Jul 24
          Replying to @justinamash

          1. I appreciate your reply, Mr. Amash. But I am perplexed that you would make the perfect the enemy of the good. Ultimately, everyone would get a huge (100%?) tax cut....

          3 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
        3. Daniel McAdams‏ @DanielLMcAdams Jul 24
          Replying to @DanielLMcAdams @justinamash

          2. But in the meantime you are arguing that it is better for that money to remain in the government coffers than to be returned to its rightful owner? You'd rather the government keep that money to waste on some crony project than the gym member to spend in the free market?

          3 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
        4. Daniel McAdams‏ @DanielLMcAdams Jul 24
          Replying to @DanielLMcAdams @justinamash

          3. There is no scenario where the gym member voting with his own (tax refunded) money in the free market is worse than the government keeping the money (and the power over us that goes with it). The gym member buying a new suit is not better than the govt buying a junk F-35?

          2 replies 2 retweets 13 likes
        5. Justin Amash‏Verified account @justinamash Jul 24
          US House candidate, MI-3
          Replying to @DanielLMcAdams

          We should oppose both the targeted tax break and the crony project. To allow the government to provide special tax treatment for social engineering is to encourage and empower the government to raise everyone’s taxes so it has the room to provide that special treatment.

          1 reply 4 retweets 21 likes
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        1. Pierre Bush‏ @Supermario289 Jul 23
          Replying to @justinamash @DanielLMcAdams

          I concur!! Targeted tax cuts are the government’s way of manipulating the market. Broad-based tax cuts (with a balanced budget) are much better. No government interference in the market!!

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        2. Libertarian American‏ @LibertarianAmer Jul 24
          Replying to @justinamash @DanielLMcAdams

          Completely understand both your deeper points; hard to make them on Twitter. This is one example where I’d hate to be a politician. I’m sure we can all agree: just #Repeal16A and #AbolishTheIRS

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        3. Daniel McAdams‏ @DanielLMcAdams Jul 24
          Replying to @LibertarianAmer @justinamash

          I have much respect for the Rep.

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        1. Castaldo for Congress‏Verified account @Castaldo2018 Jul 23
          US House candidate, OK-2
          Replying to @justinamash @DanielLMcAdams

          Please run for President sir. #Libertarian

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        1. Rank Badjin‏ @badjin_rank Jul 24
          Replying to @justinamash @DanielLMcAdams

          Ok, I am kind of stuck with this one. How is this a broken window fallacy?

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        1. DogdayofSummer‏ @dogdayofsum Jul 25
          Replying to @justinamash @DanielLMcAdams

          Unlike the massive corporatate give aways w/transfer of wealth on the future generations US tax “credit card” your party recently passed under the label “tax reform”? Why do we pay Exxon citizens tax to be one of the most profitable MULTI NATIONAL companies in history?

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        1. Commissar of the Space Force‏ @commissarofgg Jul 24
          Replying to @justinamash @DanielLMcAdams

          >The opportunity cost is a broad-based tax cut that was forgone. You are mixing up concepts. If someone has to repair a broken window, he or she MUST miss out on other opportunities. But gov can give both specific AND broad-based tax cuts.

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        2. Nick Bomia‏ @nick_bomia Jul 23
          Replying to @justinamash @DanielLMcAdams

          But if the state is handing us back money it expropriated from us, who cares if it's targeted? It's still returning me money that was mine. How is it guaranteed that a targeted cut means other cuts, broadbased or otherwise, won't come in the future? Nothing is guaranteed.

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        3. Pierre Bush‏ @Supermario289 Jul 23
          Replying to @nick_bomia @justinamash @DanielLMcAdams

          Targeted tax cuts are a way for governments to interfere in the market thus picking winners (the industry getting the tax cut) & the losers (the industry not getting the tax cut)

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        4. Nick Bomia‏ @nick_bomia Jul 23
          Replying to @Supermario289 @justinamash @DanielLMcAdams

          I get that, but they already interfered in the market when they took our money. Give it back to us so we can pick winners and losers in the market. If a thief is going to give us back some of our money who cares what the reason is?

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