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Re:U.S. Is World’s Most Competitive Economy for First Time i... by nathantotten on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @07:07PM (#18234062)
This was by design. Reduce income and leave no choice but cut spending.
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Re:U.S. Is World’s Most Competitive Economy for First Time i... by dan_quixote on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @07:25PM (#18234177)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starve_the_beast
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Re:U.S. Is World’s Most Competitive Economy for First Time i... by erichocean on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @07:15PM (#18234113)
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Re:U.S. Is World’s Most Competitive Economy for First Time i... by existencebox on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @07:22PM (#18234158)
Is that true? [0]

The real question would be "inflation adjusted per-capita tax receipts over time" but a mid-work googling didn't turn up anything promising; that being said from the above graph _and_ the knowledge that inflation is increasing, your statement doesn't seem to mesh. Feel free to point out if I was really thick and got the wrong data or something.

[0]https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/W006RC1Q027SBEA

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