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

You don't understand capitalism.

When the citizens keep their money, the same people who were brilliant enough to create money and jobs by creation of a business, can with said money create more jobs, and more money with less taxation.

On the other hand, more taxation leads to, more graft by politicians and artificially higher prices in ALL THINGS FUNDED BY GOVERNMENT.

It also leads to money being placed in the wasters hands, people that spend the same tax dollars that creators of jobs should have, on bull shyt like Obama phones etc.