[Video] Feit en fictie over belastingen en uitgaven

Veronique de Rugy legt uit.

De econome Veronique de Rugy heeft een vast wekelijks item bij Bloomberg TV waar ze feit en fictie van elkaar onderscheidt.

Deze week:drie mythes, en de bijbehorende feiten, over belastingen en overheidsuitgaven.

Myth 1: Millionaires who favor of an income tax increase are fiscal heroes.

Fact 1: No, they’re not. Many of the rich get the majority of their income in the form of capital gains and dividends rather than ordinary income. They are essentially advocating a tax increase on those making much less money than they do.

Myth 2: Big government means more redistribution to the poor.

Fact 2: Large governments tend to have less progressive taxation than smaller ones.

Myth 3: The doomsday projections about unfunded Social Security and Medicare obligations are overstated.

Fact 3: The unfunded liabilities for Social Security and Medicare exceed one full year of the United States’ gross domestic product. That’s on top of the spending that’s supposedly funded.