I agree with everything you've said, but think we may hold different perspectives.
Given your example of Wal-Mart, presumably the CEO would agree that the government should be run as a business where the clerk would not, correct? I think this very disparity highlights the very point I'm making. Wal-Mart succeeds by starving the lower tiers. This allows the top layers to retain the maximum of wealth.
Especially with respect to a small government ideology, whatever taxes are collected should absolutely be for the benefit of the populace, correct? How can a government be modelled after a framework which is designed to minimize that output?
Given your example of Wal-Mart, presumably the CEO would agree that the government should be run as a business where the clerk would not, correct? I think this very disparity highlights the very point I'm making. Wal-Mart succeeds by starving the lower tiers. This allows the top layers to retain the maximum of wealth.
Especially with respect to a small government ideology, whatever taxes are collected should absolutely be for the benefit of the populace, correct? How can a government be modelled after a framework which is designed to minimize that output?