No. The chart shows "Federal Receipts *as Percent of Gross Domestic Product*" | Hacker News

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		rayiner 19 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Solution to US debt crisis is severe austerity tri... No. The chart shows "Federal Receipts as Percent of Gross Domestic Product"

stvltvs 19 days ago [–]

Why choose that metric rather than income, corporate, capital gains, etc. tax rates? Seems like it could obfuscate who bears the burden of those taxes.

rayiner 19 days ago | [–]

Because we are talking about the federal debt, not distributional issues.

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