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If gov raises taxes and spending in the same amounts, the end result is:

 
 
Reply Sun 17 Nov, 2019 10:22 pm
If gov raises taxes and spending in the same amounts, the end result is:
 
oralloy
 
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Reply Sun 17 Nov, 2019 10:37 pm
The impact on the debt and on deficit spending will be: no change. The increase in taxes will offset the increase in spending.

There will of course be higher taxes and more spending.
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Reply Mon 18 Nov, 2019 06:09 am
It depends on what taxes they raise and what they spend the revenue on. An income tax surcharge on the wealthy with the money going to fund the deficit will have a different result than a tax on all sales transactions spent on Medicare, or raising capital gains taxes to fund the military.
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engineer
 
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Reply Mon 18 Nov, 2019 08:44 am
@riyap7747,
I think Hightor hit the nail on the head. If raising taxes results in less spending from individuals but more spending from the government, it is a wash overall although where the money gets spent changes. If raising taxes results in less saving/investment from individuals but more government spending, you get more economic activity from spending but less capital available so higher interest rates.
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