Because government works for the people in Germany. In the United States, we don't have that. We should but we don't.
I should have finished reading the article. :P Apparently it supports both sides of the argument. On one hand, more taxes may lead to more happiness, depending on how government uses those funds. On the other hand, apparently deregulation makes people happier. Economic deregulation anyways and that makes sense too.
I would like to live in a society where people aren't severely restricted from opening up a business, whether simple or complex.
I don't suppose the fact that people who pay more taxes also make more money and have more disposable income and thus can buy more of what they want has crossed anyones minds?
"Conservative economics" is not a real thing, and I don't think the economics arguments used by conservatives (when they bother to make economics arguments instead of vomitting out GoP rhetoric) claim that taxes cause depression or anything like that. Also it doesn't matter if raising taxes makes you happier, taxes are still contractionary and distortionary unless they are used to correct for market failure, which income taxes cannot do.
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