Government spending is taxation. When you look at this, I've never heard of a poor person spending himself into prosperity; let alone I've never heard of a poor person taxing himself into prosperity.

If you look at the performance of the zero-income-tax-rate states and the highest-income-tax-rate states, I believe a large amount of their difference is due to taxes. Not only is it true of the last decade, but I took these numbers back 50 years. And, there's not one year in the last 50 where the zero-income-tax-rate states have not outperformed the highest-income-tax-rate states.

You want to prove that Milton Friedman is a fascist? It's easy. Quote him.

The zero-income-tax-rate states have far faster growth in tax revenues than did the states with highest income tax rate over this period.

You know, without China there is no Wal-Mart and without Wal-Mart there is no middle class and lower class prosperity in the United States.

People can also change the timing of when they earn and receive their income in response to government policies.

It is not true that Congress spends money like a drunken sailor. Drunken sailors spend their own money. Congress spends our money.