re: #327 thedopefishlives

It’s not rocket surgery. If you know and can keep track of the money going out, you know how much money you need to bring in. You know how many people and corporations are in your state, and their revenue capacity. You know what tax levels you need to set to fund all the expenditures. The actual implementation thereof is more of a political game; the mechanics are simple math.

Ha! I like your “rocket surgery” comment. Was that intentional? Usually it is rocket science…meaning having to have a special knowledge. With surgery it implies special knowledge but even more…you have to work on a live thing that if you screw up could not only go boom, but zip around uncontrolled tearing up a bunch of stuff.