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> (*The Russian Government would, of course, have to have some form of
> taxation and one candidate would be an enlargement of value-added tax. This
> would be much easier to administer. It is rather interesting that some
> commentators are saying that, in the West, too, future taxation will have
> to be mainly of this sort. Personal and corporate taxation systems are
> becoming so complex (and, indeed, may break down altogether with the Y2K
> bug) that they are overwhelming the intellectual and administrative
> capacities of revenue departments. Such taxes are also becoming easier to
> evade. Also, of course, investments [particularly pensions funds of
> ordinary people] are now being dispersed around the world to avoid high
> taxation in their home countries.)
>
> Some FWers might say that Mike Gurstein's original posting of the article
> on Russia and Ed and my comments on it are little to do with the purpose of
> this list. But the tragedy of Russia is everything to do with it because
> what is taking place there now is an integral part of a vast tectonic-type
> readjustment of the whole world's economy. What is happening to Russia is
> an important part of what is happening to us. Matters of unemployment
> everywhere are willy-nilly part of powerful global trends and thus cannot
> be solved by clever national policies. (In the UK the only clever thing
> about the New Deal unemployment policy is the government-sponsored
> advertising one sees on TV saying it is a glorious success. It is
> brilliantly done and almost convinces me when I see it, but in fact it is
> fiction.)
>
>
VAT type taxation is even more unfair than the rest,
as the poor has to pay the same as anybody else.
otherwise I agree with the above.
Eva
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