One major problem we have in the US is the election of candidates who do not understand good government and long-established economic principles. We have major politicians pushing socialism, communism, Marxism, and other ideas that drive up debt andf inflation to the harm of Americans, especially poor Americans. Conservative principles do not drive up inflation and raising taxes do not lower inflation. Here is a worthwhile study:
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Taxation is the wrong way to battle inflation
Date:
June 6, 2022
Antonella Marty
This op-ed originally appeared in the Washington Examiner.
As inflation batters the economy, taxation is being
advertised like a miracle drug.
One idea is the “billionaire tax.” Another is for the IRS to
expand its auditing of individual tax returns .
In Washington, D.C., policymakers must tread carefully. Taxation is the
wrong way to battle
inflation. It has never worked, nor will it ever. Making the wealthy “pay their fair share” may be a popular talking point, but it will do nothing to slow price increases. To quote Milton Friedman: “Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.”
Worse yet, tax hikes will impede the private-sector entrepreneurs' need to spur economic growth at a time when
every single percentage point of expansion is precious.
My home country of
Argentina is a sobering case study. In 2020, the Argentinian government
implemented a tax on the country’s wealthiest residents in an attempt to offset the economic bleeding of the
COVID-19 pandemic. Dubbed the
“millionaire’s tax,” Argentina’s new tax law targeted the job creators responsible for employing countless workers, making it more difficult for employers to keep those workers on the payroll. By 2021, the wealth tax had transferred
more than $2.4 billion from individual Argentines to a
populist government beset by corruption .
Fast forward to 2022, and has inflation vanished in Argentina? No. To the contrary, annual inflation there
hovers around 60% , over seven times the annual inflation rate of the United States. In nearby Venezuela, where municipal taxes are known to rise by
9,481%, inflation is nearly
700% . In neither country have tax hikes reduced inflation — not even close.