POOL : How big government do you want ? (in % of GDP)

[hologram]

Share what task you wish government to do 

I think 10% is enough for national defense, collecting taxes and basic law enforcement.

[niothor]

It doesn't matter really how much that is but how it is really spent.

The statistics on :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_spending

can show you that the % of government spending ha nothing to do with the wealth of it's citizens or life standards.

Also:
http://www.heritage.org/index/explore?view=by-variables

Order the data by "tax burden" , you'd be amazed to see the tops and the bottoms .

[hologram]

It doesn't matter really how much that is but how it is really spent.
can show you that the % of government spending ha nothing to do with the wealth of it's citizens or life standards.

You are right the wealth of the population depend on many thing, like productivity, competitiveness, business freedom and capital accumulation in the past. I know the heritage freedom index and i like there work (even if it's not perfect but it's a good indicator).

http://www.heritage.org/index/heatmap

Maybe my question in just relevant is western state where we talk a lot about government spending and debt because it's the major threat to our prosperity.