Message from @NewRogernomics
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NZ govts have a heavy fear of inflation and government debt.
yea, the US has a military industial complex and the hypocracy around championing it makes it sort of impossible to do completely euro-style austerity pushes here
the inflation issue is a misunderstanding of how we get the price level and also the effects of demand for credit on aggregate demand
Well, at least from what I see the US is spending the right amounts in education, healthcare, and on the military, but not putting it in the right places or letting it be wasted.
some fiscal policies might be DEFLATIONARY ironically
because they would lower credit demand
Realistically, the amount the US is spending, it should be getting way better outcomes in education at least...yet school systems are failing, and the response seems to be 'we need more money'.
they would be deflationary in exactly the areas the elites hate as well, asset prices
they need more money, but it's also the pressure on the parents for having to work so much, and ideological battles inside system i only mildly understand
There are lot of high admin costs, yet teachers are low paid compared to the job they do, and classrooms are without the resources they need.
it all has to go to the top or it can't happen
that tells me it's about more than simply a misunderstanding of the economics
At least from the way I see it, both major parties have no clue over what direction to go in.
it varies by state/locality here though, you can see dramatic differences if you travel aroudn US
in the US, i think the far left is becoming the more rational group, which excludes mainstream democrats for the most part
I disagree with both parties, and have pretty much given up on trying to understand where they are going.
wealth inequality has macroeconomic effects, alongside all the social justice stuff
Well, on a real basic level, I think the tax system needs work.
as workers share of GDP shrinks, aggregate demand drops
sure, but i woudl say more for the labor savings than any real issue of taxation
The way the US system is set up, tax avoidance is a major issue, and it seems to hurt the poor and middle class.
tax system could stay exactly the same and you could fix latter part just from fiscal policy
And the tax avoidance is kinda built-in, and it isn't a bug and rather a feature.
tax policy is really about how efficiently you want to control inflation AND/OR social engineering goals
You'd have to figure out how to tax higher incomes.
I've heard some floated ideas, like taxing shares,etc, as well as a flat tax.
no real magic to that, the us has had dramatically higher marginal tax rates before, though it doesn't really do wht they want it to because spending habits change less higher up you go
so that would be mostly a social engineering goal
if you want to control inflation, consumption taxes work better
(and that should be the main goal of tax policy in monetary economy)
I can't say whether it is right or wrong: Though in NZ, it has a high sales tax, coupled with a flat tax system based upon income level, with no exemptions for charities as much as in the US.
My folks kinda feel they are paying more tax here than in NZ.
they might be, us has a very diverse system depending on how you make your money
I don't think NZ has capital gains taxes either
or it's not separate at least
They paid the top tax rate in NZ, which was 33%
in the us it matters how you make your money, not just how mch you make
NZ has no payroll taxes,etc, just a general income tax.
for 'income' here in the us it's 37 marginal above 500k for single
but 21% capital gains
'income' here means labor for the most part