More on revenues argumentReader comment on: Douthat on Taxes and Revenues Submitted by Jose A Hernandez (United States), Sep 28, 2010 09:28 Unquestionably government funds are often ill-used, but still, the way I understand the Constitution, the only purpose for taxes is to raise revenues. One of our modern problems is that we view taxes as a means to achieve fairness. For instance candidate Obama stated (answering a question from Charles Gibson), that even though Bush's tax rate were bringing in more revenues, he would increase the tax rate for the sake of fairness. The American public needs to understand that if they want more revenues going into the coffers of government you lower the taxes; but if they want more taxes to achieve fairness, then they need to amend the Constitution. Note: Comments are moderated by the editor and are subject to editing. The Future of Capitalism replies: That Obama-Charles Gibson interaction was really a phenomenal moment of the campaign. Here is a classic New York Sun editorial issued about it at the time: http://www.nysun.com/editorials/charles-gibsons-finest-hour/74974/ Other reader comments on this item
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