Reading another thread... It hit me.
Why the fuck do we waste time collecting taxes, arguing about tax rates, deficits, etc? Why do we bother with all the bullshit surrounding our gigantic, retarded tax structure? All we're doing is shuffling paper.
What is the difference between collecting X% of the GDP in taxes, and simply printing X% of the GDP to pay for the expenses of the government? We pay our taxes in made-up paper money that has virtually zero intrinsic value. Why does it matter if we give the government some of it back, or if they print their own?