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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 30 Nov 2015
      US House candidate, MI-3
      Replying to @AristotlesAge

      @AristotlesAge No. Big-government politicians make a rhetorical distinction to disguise what's happening. TARGETED tax breaks ARE subsidies.

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    2. John‏ @AristotlesAge 30 Nov 2015
      Replying to @justinamash

      @justinamash 4 elements here: targeted/non-targeted, and taxing less/subsidizing more. All tax breaks = good, even if targeted = less good

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    3. Justin Amash‏Verified account @justinamash 30 Nov 2015
      US House candidate, MI-3
      Replying to @AristotlesAge

      @AristotlesAge Govt taxes $100 per business and mails $10 check to Business X = Govt taxes $100 per business and exempts $10 from Business X

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    4. John‏ @AristotlesAge 30 Nov 2015
      Replying to @justinamash

      @justinamash Not the same because of ownership and incentives. Biz #1 gets $10 more of others' money. Biz #2 loses $10 less of its property.

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    5. Justin Amash‏Verified account @justinamash 30 Nov 2015
      US House candidate, MI-3
      Replying to @AristotlesAge

      @AristotlesAge That's just semantics; they are functionally identical. And both scenarios violate the Rule of Law.

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    6. John‏ @AristotlesAge 30 Nov 2015
      Replying to @justinamash

      @justinamash Clear distinction, maybe not in gov't net revenues, but in property rights, big dif. #2=less violations, #1=more violations.

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    7. Justin Amash‏Verified account @justinamash 30 Nov 2015
      US House candidate, MI-3
      Replying to @AristotlesAge

      @AristotlesAge You're engaging in form of broken window fallacy. You assume alt to subsidy is lower taxes, but alt to tgtd tax break is not.

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    8. John‏ @AristotlesAge 30 Nov 2015
      Replying to @justinamash

      @justinamash Broken window fallacy is about how demand drives supply, but I'm not making that point. I believe in opposite, Say's Law.

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    9. Justin Amash‏Verified account @justinamash 30 Nov 2015
      US House candidate, MI-3
      Replying to @AristotlesAge

      @AristotlesAge You are not seeing half the picture. Subsidies and targeted tax breaks have same opportunity costs. Both cause higher taxes.

      3 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
    10. John‏ @AristotlesAge 30 Nov 2015
      Replying to @justinamash

      @justinamash Tax breaks don't cause higher taxes; that is a contradiction. It is spending that causes tax hikes. Spending on ie: subsidies

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      Justin Amash‏Verified account @justinamash 30 Nov 2015
      US House candidate, MI-3
      Replying to @AristotlesAge

      @AristotlesAge You are arguing semantics. This is why politicians who like central planning don't say "subsidy"; they say "tax credit."

      8:59 PM - 30 Nov 2015
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        1. John‏ @AristotlesAge 2 Dec 2015
          Replying to @justinamash

          @justinamash Of course, if Michigan budget is trying to swap tax breaks for equivalent, other peoples' tax breaks, it should be opposed.

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        1. John‏ @AristotlesAge 2 Dec 2015
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          @justinamash In sum, bloated state spending (such as subsidies) should be opposed, not tax breaks.

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        1. John‏ @AristotlesAge 2 Dec 2015
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          @justinamash credit to @HBinswanger , great summary of ownership dif between subsidies and tax breaks.

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        1. John‏ @AristotlesAge 2 Dec 2015
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          @justinamash Should say: "X is being given some tax relief; this is wonderful, and it needs to be extended to all businesses, not 1" [5/5]

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        1. John‏ @AristotlesAge 2 Dec 2015
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          @justinamash "It does not enter their minds that [a company] could pay less and the government simply spend less." [4/5]

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        1. John‏ @AristotlesAge 2 Dec 2015
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          @justinamash "In tandem, the premise is that the government's budget is a given, an unalterable fact..." [3/5]

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        1. John‏ @AristotlesAge 2 Dec 2015
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          @justinamash "That is the meaning of calling diminished confiscation of your income a “giveaway” to you" [2/5]

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        1. John‏ @AristotlesAge 2 Dec 2015
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          @justinamash Sying tgtd tx bro = sub "Its premise is pure communism: the replacement of private property with collectively ownership..." [1]

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