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I was reading the post about fallacious contradictions such as reality being an illusion or truth being non-existent and the one that came to mind was the idea that tax cuts are a way to end fiscal stimulus by government spending.
Maybe from a tax-payer's point of view, they are simply keeping more of what they got in the first place, but from a fiscal economic perspective, I think the effect of lowering taxes and increasing take-home pay is exactly the same as injecting money through other kinds of government spending to stimulate spending. Either way, some people are getting more money in their bank accounts than they had the year before.
Do you think this qualifies as a fallacious contradiction or is government spending really the opposite of lowering taxes?
Maybe from a tax-payer's point of view, they are simply keeping more of what they got in the first place, but from a fiscal economic perspective, I think the effect of lowering taxes and increasing take-home pay is exactly the same as injecting money through other kinds of government spending to stimulate spending. Either way, some people are getting more money in their bank accounts than they had the year before.
Do you think this qualifies as a fallacious contradiction or is government spending really the opposite of lowering taxes?