Quote Originally Posted by tmckay2 View Post
it baffles me that people think increasing taxes on anyone is the answer. why would you give more money to a child that has shown for year they cannot spend it wisely? spending has to get under control and kept accountable before you can raise taxes and provide any benefit. otherwise its just more money to over spend.
Bingo!

Make the kid contribute to raising the money they're spending. Suddenly they become more careful with it. Works the same way on the national level. Currently we're just giving money to kids (citizens) many of which aren't really concerned where it's coming from, because they're not contributing to the raising of it.