claim: "revenues are 15 percent of gdp — it’s still in the range of the lowest it’s ever been."
author: saxby chambliss
evidence_1: jun 1, 2015 ... 18. 15. technological progress and skill premium in oecd countries ...  inequality trends have been more mixed ... has shown that income inequality  matters for growth and its ... bottom 20 percent (the poor) is associated with  higher gdp growth. ..... global inequality ranges from 0.55 to 0.70 depending on.
evidence_2: jul 12, 2011 ... as you can see, relative to history, it's currently very low. ... gdp). state (red)  and local (green) tax revenues are in a similar long-term range. ... federal  revenues have been 15%-20% of gdp, like clockwork (blue line). ... federal  government spending as a percent of gdp us government spending.com.
evidence_3: sep 6, 2017 ... this is not a statement of political values; it's a reflection of basic realities. ...  whether historical averages were ever appropriate fiscal benchmarks, ... since  1976, federal spending has averaged 20.5 percent of gdp, although its .... the  range of policy choices for federal spending and revenues that would put ...
evidence_4: even the most optimistic analyses accept that many low-income countries (lics)  ... in the range of 0.12 to 0.17 percent of the aggregate developing country gdp  over ... average portion of gdp is dedicated to infrastructure, spending is still low.  ... it is estimated that the region needs to spend around 15 percent of its gdp on ...
evidence_5: social security provides a basic level of monthly income to workers and their ....  oasdi net cash flows as a percentage of gross domestic product ( gdp ), 1957– 2009 ... a separate trust fund has been maintained for the di program ever since  that .... while this measure is convenient because of its simplicity, it is of  somewhat ...