> Well yeah, of course they are. You still owe taxes. When the government reopens the taxes you pay will still be allocated.
I think you missed the point. If the government is doing less due to shutdown, taxes should be less.
> Well yeah, of course they are. You still owe taxes. When the government reopens the taxes you pay will still be allocated.
I think you missed the point. If the government is doing less due to shutdown, taxes should be less.
I didn't miss the point. The point doesn't hold up to scrutiny. The system you propose would create a perverse incentive for obstructionists to shut government down permanently to never pay taxes.
> a perverse incentive for obstructionists to shut government
That doesn't make any sense. A politically manufactured government shutdown isn't the only way to reduce government or taxes.
But regardless, fear of poor incentives hasn't stopped us from getting to where we are now. Bad incentives are everywhere. This shutdown itself is the result of bad incentives.
Your argument is the one that doesn't stand up to scrutiny.