re: On a dollar basis, taxation does not hurt nor benefit an economy

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And on a work/calorie basis, there's no difference between walking and running in exercise. As long as you ignore the efficiency of things.

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Was going to type a much longer post but this is basically the crux of it.

Generally, the private economy will spend the money more efficiency thereby increasing productivity resulting in higher growth. In other words the same people WON'T be getting their money back and some portion will be diverted to *ahem* economically less than maximally efficient recipients.

NOW, there are some policy goals where spending is done more efficiently by the government (court system, public safety, infrastructure). So the above assumes some minimal level of spending to meet these basic goals/functions of government.