Umm, yeah, and unfettered capitalism does such a wonderful job of allocating resources. Government is terribly inefficient, but what other entity is going to maintain infrastructure, a social safety net, schools, and other basic services from which society benefits? I hate that so much money goes to DOD, TSA, farm subsidies, and the like, but reducing government revenues doesn't force the government to make tough choices, it simply causes it to run an even more unsustainable deficit.
By the way, if you lower taxes (and thus government revenue), it's not defense and corporate subsidies that suffer--they always get their piece--it's infrastructure and social programs. The "starve the beast" concept simply creates more suffering for those who can't afford things like private schools, expensive out-of-pocket health care, and jet time-shares.
federal government does not provide schools. propoerty taxes (state) provides schools.
federal government does not provide infrastructure. gas tax provides roads, state funds and tolls go towards bridges and the like.
as for a social safety net? i'd be fine with it if it wasn't so obviously rotten. it needs to be gutted before any good can come of it.
look at yourtaxes sometime and see what percentage goes towards state vs. federal. ponder how state government can accomplish so much more with so much less.
By the way, if you lower taxes (and thus government revenue), it's not defense and corporate subsidies that suffer--they always get their piece--it's infrastructure and social programs. The "starve the beast" concept simply creates more suffering for those who can't afford things like private schools, expensive out-of-pocket health care, and jet time-shares.