Fiscal redistribution requires taxing AND transferring funds.
Sheff Economics Research 16, Department of Economics, University of Sheffield, “Fiscal redistribution ahead of elections to bolster democracy,” Medium, 2/4/16, https://medium.com/@sheffeconomics/democratic-government-policies-tackling-inequality-before-elections-supports-democracy-17006e6eb29
Fiscal redistribution is defined as the reduction in income inequality, brought about by government via taxes and transfers. Their findings indicate that only in countries characterized as young democracies do elections exert a positive impact on fiscal redistribution.
The aff violates. They do not tax to fund the plan. That’s bad –
1 – Limits. Allowing the aff to derive funding from any or no mechanism creates infinite permutations of government spending and makes the topic bidirectional, since they can defend either increasing or decreasing status-quo taxation policies.
2 – Grounds. Allowing the aff to skirt concrete funding mechanisms nullifies the neg arsenal – politics, taxation and funding PICs, and econ disads rely on taxation as a prerequisite for coherent links.