Fate
Republicans need to be more blunt about it: government is great at one thing, namely spending your money in ways that you would never permit it to be spent if you had a say in the matter.
All governments, or just American governments? Or maybe particularly American governments?
Americans generally want things that their governments aren't delivering. Health care, free or at least cheap education, a healthy infrastructure, security. (Not just physical security.)
Instead you get subsidies on corn, oil production ... where ever the lobbyists have had the most effect on the tax code...
Fate
Sadly, there are always seem to be too few of the former and too many of the latter
well, there's only so much money to go around.
Since 1980 money that the working and middle classes had have been moved into the hands of the very rich...
The three richest people in the US – Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett – own as much wealth as the bottom half of the US population, or 160 million people.
http://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-s ... ottom-halfYou may not like the word redistribution ...because you think it is only about moving money from the rich to the poor through taxes...
However the only redistribution in the US since 1980 has been into the hands of the rich. The latest Republican tax bill does more of this....
The US is supposed to be an economy driven by the middle class. However with increasing pressure on the middle class and working class, it doesn't bode well for the future. Especially the accelerated debt accumulation.....
Fate
“That’s never worked.”
Sure it has. In the US even. See growth from 1945 through 1980. See US debt reduction 1945 thru 1980. See US standard of living improvement 1945 thru 1980.
See social mobility in the US 1945 thru 1980.
Then look at countries that do tax more progressively and where they are today .... In terms of working poor and middle class prosperity, and happiness.
Republicans can't be blunt Fate. And haven't been honest about their priorities . Their priorities are the people funding their campaigns and hiring them after their government service has ended...