Using data from the Census Bureau, the report found that states with the lowest tax rates enjoyed sizable decreases in poverty.
I guess that explains the very low poverty rates in France and Scandinavia.
Incidentally, the article doesn't have any details, or even a link to the report. I located it myself, but I don't see anything there that actually shows any kind of causal relationship between taxes and poverty.
This was a weird quote from the Goldwater report:
According to classical liberal thought, government should keep taxes and spending at the lowest possible levels.
I wonder what they mean by "classical liberal"?
"The DNA of fictional populations appears to be the most susceptible to extinction." - Simon Southerton
According to classical liberal thought, government should keep taxes and spending at the lowest possible levels.
I wonder what they mean by "classical liberal"?
Classical liberalism. It's a thing. It encompasses liberal political philosophy of the late enlightenment and early Romantic period. Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, and so on. The closest modern equivalent is utilitarian libertarians like me. Classical liberalism involves relatively laissez-faire economics and small, limited government, which necessarily means low taxes and low spending.
Vermont probably would be the closest to ideal blue state in a lot of liberals minds, not Illinois. It's not like Illinois is the Alabama of states, but I don't think it is at or near the top run system in anyone's mind.