Deficit spending acts as a hidden tax via inflation. This tax disproportionately harms those without assets while benefiting the small percentage of the population owning assets like stocks and real estate. Therefore, supporting deficit spending is an active choice to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

Arguing to redirect inefficient government spending towards populist policies like free buses is a trap. It doubles down on a broken system by replacing one form of poor allocation with another, ultimately accelerating economic decline rather than fixing the fundamental problems.

Policies like price caps (e.g., for insulin) or price floors (e.g., minimum wage) that deviate from market equilibrium create distortions. The economy then compensates in unintended ways, such as companies ceasing production of price-capped goods or moving to under-the-table employment to avoid high minimum wages.

Contrary to common belief, Arthur Laffer asserts that historical data shows a clear pattern: every time the highest tax rates on top earners were raised, the government collected less tax revenue from them. The wealthy use legal means to avoid taxes, and economic activity declines, ultimately harming the broader economy.

Well-intentioned government support programs can become an economic "shackle," disincentivizing upward mobility. This risks a negative cycle: dependent citizens demand more benefits, requiring higher taxes that drive out businesses, which erodes the tax base and leads to calls for even more wealth redistribution and government control.

Economist Arthur Laffer argues that debt is merely a tool. Debt used for productive investments that generate high returns (e.g., Reagan's tax cuts to spur growth) can be beneficial. In contrast, debt used for non-productive purposes (e.g., paying people not to work) is destructive to the economy.

A core flaw in Marxist economic theory is its failure to see an economy as a dynamic system. It treats wealth as a fixed "pie" to be re-sliced, ignoring that the "oppressive" productive class it seeks to eliminate is what bakes the pie in the first place.

Profit from coercion, like government confiscation via taxation or inflation, harms total productivity in two ways. First, the coercer spends time on non-productive confiscation instead of creation. Second, the victim, having had their labor's fruits stolen, has a reduced incentive to produce in the future.

Tax policy is a reflection of societal values. By taxing capital gains at a lower rate than ordinary income, the U.S. tax code inherently suggests that wealth generated from existing money (assets, stocks) is more valuable or 'noble' than wealth generated from work and labor.