# Generally, what would you rather see more of to handle the government deficit?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 12, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generally-what-would-you-rather-see-more-of-to-handle-the-government-deficit/588761 "2011-07-12T16:13:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generally-what-would-you-rather-see-more-of-to-handle-the-government-deficit/588761/29 "2011-07-13T03:40:19Z")

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Its nutty to raise taxes in an economic situation like this (or at least to make it the main focus rather than spending cuts). Not to mention that arguably (I’m playing the Devil’s advocate here) that taxing based on income level violates the principle of equality before the law.

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