abstract:In economics, the fiscal burden of government imposed onto its taxpayers is the influence of the tax levied on the purchasing power of the taxpayers.Note: The term is also used informally, in the meaning of the amount of tax, according to the common idiomatic usage of the word "[concept was introduced by an English clergyman and political writer John Brand].
Rahn Curve research shows that government is far too big today, so the goal offiscal policy should be to restrain the burdenofgovernment spending relative to economic output.