The Baha'i Studies Listserv Uh, that's a reference to the Revolution of 1848 not the Revolution of 1789.
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Stephen Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > In a session of the French legislature, Proudhon proposed a > government-imposed income tax to fund his mutual banking scheme, with some > tax brackets reaching as high as 33 1/3 percent and 50 percent, which was > turned down by the legislature.[35] This income tax Proudhon proposed to > fund his bank was to be levied on rents, interest, debts, and > salaries.[36][37] Specifically, Proudhon's proposed law would have required > all capitalists and stockholders to disburse one sixth of their income to > their tenants and debtors, and another sixth to the national treasury to > fund the bank.[38] This scheme was vehemently objected to by others in the > legislature, including Frédéric Bastiat;[38] the reason given for the income > tax's rejection was that it would result in economic ruin and that it > violated "the right of property."[39] > > They tried to, but Federic Bastiat convinced them otherwise. > > > ________________________________ > From: Don Calkins <[email protected]> > To: Baha'i Studies <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, November 22, 2010 12:29:37 PM > Subject: Re: Grave Influence > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > Flat taxes are actually conservative. Liberals always try to make taxation > progressive. This idea first came from the Communist Manifesto. > > That is a lie. That is, the ideologues propounding such an idea know, or > should know, that it is not true. > **********ADAM SMITH************** supported a progressive tax system. > I think the first gov't to specify such a system was the 1789 French > Constitution. > You need to do more fact checking. > Don C > > -- > > - - - > Understood properly, all man's problems are essentially spiritual in nature. > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to > mailto:leave-541516-1719008.2a3842ae5b2f7d34dd5fdfc724616...@list.jccc.edu > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > [email protected] > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to > mailto:leave-541522-738796.0f462312a2f7bdde70e0bbead78e3...@list.jccc.edu > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > [email protected] > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-541683-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
