Fred, ( Susan)
even more than direct/indirect, you need to specify what is neutral.
You have not yet adequately done so.
As I try to do this, I realize that neutral must apply to some other characteristic,
like a car's neutral color, or a car in neutral (gear).
So, a policy change can be
Dear Armchairs,
in connection with the implementation of tradeble permit policy there is a
discussion about the initial allocation of permits (free allocation vs.
auction). Some emphasize the political advatages of freely allocated permit
systems, because of the conveyance of scarcity rents to
Dear Tom,
By neutral I actually thought you mean one that wouldn't prejudice people's
economic behavior. Opponents of the income tax often accuse it of
discouraging work, saving, and investment and encouraging consumption. I
thus thought that a neutral tax by comparison would be one that
Susan Hogarth:
I could really get behind a national sales tax if I really thought
the feds would have the balls to try to extract 20-30% at the point of
sale - especially in a 'progressive' fashion. Would poor people be
issued tax-exemption cards?
Here's my prediction of what will happen:
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By neutral I actually thought you mean one that wouldn't prejudice
people's economic behavior.
By that definition I can't imagine any neutral tax.
Why can you not imagine that a tax on economic rent is neutral?
Fred Foldvary
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--- Susan Hogarth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A tax on economic rent is neutral, since by definition, economic rent
is income not necessary in order to put a factor to its most productive
use.
I don't understand this. Could you expand it a bit, please?
Susan Hogarth
Suppose a basketball star
--- Susan Hogarth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has there *ever* been
an instance where one type of tax has entirely replaced another, or even
replaced in some 'revenue-neutral' fashion for even a few years, the tax
it is proposed to 'replace'?
Yes, prior to the Civil War, the US government
--- Bob Steinke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
However, giving cash in our society is gauche.
You are not really giving cash, but you want the benefits of giving cash,
so create a fancy home-made gift certificate good for reimbursement for the
internet service, with a brief explanation of why this is
Tom Grey wrote:
Thus, increasing a land tax and decreasing other local taxes can be
revenue neutral, (and I would support such a change) but insofar as
it will encourage some behavior and discourage other (eg idle land
will cost more), it is NOT incentive neutral.
Reducing dividend taxation
But the economic question is not whether the basketball star should play
basketball or be a model. The economic question is for which team should he
play; the one who values his services at $100,001 or another that values his
services at $1,000,000.
The same applies to land (and other resources
In a message dated 1/17/03 1:15:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
--- Bob Steinke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
However, giving cash in our society is gauche.
It is in dominant WASP culture, but not in some subcultures. My parents, for
instance, give me cash each year, and this year my brother
From: Fred Foldvary [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The question under debate is whether there is neutral taxation.
If the star plays for a team that pays him $1 million, and the government
taxes $800,000 of that, he will continue to play, so the tax did not alter
his incentives; the tax is neutral.
You
On Friday, January 17, 2003, at 03:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 1/17/03 1:15:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
--- Bob Steinke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
However, giving cash in our society is gauche.
It is in dominant WASP culture, but not in some subcultures. My
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