The Baha'i Studies Listserv There are all kinds of taxes. Capital gains tax Carbon tax Consumption tax Corporate income tax Dividend tax Ecotax Excess profits tax Excise tax FairTax Gift tax Gross receipts tax Inheritance tax (Death tax, Estate tax) Land value tax Payroll tax Personal income tax Property tax Sales tax Sin tax Stamp tax Value added tax Winfall profits tax Was his list an exlusive tax list on an iclusive tax list? We those seven all taxes or some taxes? Would he of allowed tax shifts by adding other taxes to lower or eliminate others eventually?
________________________________ From: Sen & Sonja <[email protected]> To: Baha'i Studies <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, November 24, 2010 1:27:26 PM Subject: Re: Taxation The Baha'i Studies Listserv On 23 Nov 2010 at 10:12, Stephen Gray wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax > > There are all kinds of taxes. > Capital gains tax ... In his letter to Mrs Parsons, Abdu'l-Baha includes income tax and revenues from mineral rights ("severance taxes" in your list), and other sources which are not likely to be significant: === This treasury has seven revenues: tithes, taxes on animals, wealth without inheritors, anything found which has no owner, a third of any buried treasure that is found, a third of minerals, and donations. === 'tithes' on this list is not a reference to religious donations, but to a progressive income tax, as he explains later in that letter, ( http://senmcglinn.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/socialism/ ) In some his works he refers to land taxes, but the contexts are descriptive rather than prescriptive. Sen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Sen McGlinn http://senmcglinn.wordpress.com Happy are those who spend their days in gaining knowledge, in discovering the secrets of nature, and in penetrating the subtleties of pure truth! Woe to those who are contented with ignorance, whose hearts are gladdened by thoughtless imitation, ... who have wasted their lives!"(~Abdu'l-Baha, Some Answered Questions p.137) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-542086-1719008.2a3842ae5b2f7d34dd5fdfc724616...@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-542096-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@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]
