52.50% - A tax cut returns money to the person who earned it — recognition that government was taking something that belonged to you and is now taking a little less.
22.50% - Means-testing focuses limited government resources on people who actually need them — it's not about creating in-groups; it's about not writing checks to people who don't.
15.00% - We shouldn't punish success.
10.00% - A flat tax is the most honest system we can build — one rate, no loopholes, no carve-outs; rich people pay more in absolute dollars because they earn more. Fair by definition.
Sound government policy can be evaluated by its net effect on the wealth of those it affects.
55.00% - A means test requires creating an in-group and out-group.
45.00% - Means testing needlessly creates opposing interest groups
55.56% - Means-testing focuses limited government resources on people who actually need them — it's not about creating in-groups; it's about not writing checks to people who don't.
44.44% - A means test helps avoid criticism that a policy is unneeded.
50.00% - Sound government policy can be evaluated by its net effect on the wealth of those it affects.
50.00% - Government policy should be judged in part by its net effect on the wealth of those it governs.
0.00% - Government policy should be judged on the basis of its net effect on one’s wealth.
50.00% - Criticism of Israel