Do taxes really fund public services?

Germanshepherdsmum

The government can create money but that is done in the expectation of tax revenue coming in to back it. So yes, of course taxes fund public services - do you believe in the magic money tree?

No, but we are told so often that taxes don't fund public services that some of us almost believed it!

I’m simply asking the question. I had hoped responses wouldn’t be quite so ‘dismissive’. Is there any wonder that people are reluctant to ask questions in search of knowledge? Thanks anyway Jane71 & ‘Germanshepherdsmum’

The government can create money but that is done in the expectation of tax revenue coming in to back it. So yes, of course taxes fund public services - do you believe in the magic money tree?

Where else can the money come from?