Re: Tax cuts and US citizen responses

2003-01-15 Thread Robert A. Book
Koushik Sekhar wrote: Can anyone explain why ordinary Americans are not objecting to tax cuts (such as dividend tax cuts) that will only favour the top percentiles of the wealthy ? Bryan Caplan wrote: Among other things, this assumes that people's views on tax policy are driven by

Re: Tax cuts and US citizen responses

2003-01-13 Thread AdmrlLocke
In a message dated 1/13/03 7:33:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can anyone explain why ordinary Americans are not objecting to tax cuts (such as dividend tax cuts) that will only favour the top percentiles of the wealthy ? Koushik In absolute terms, the tax cut would favor those with

Re: Tax cuts and US citizen responses

2003-01-13 Thread Fred Foldvary
Can anyone explain why ordinary Americans are not objecting to tax cuts (such as dividend tax cuts) that will only favour the top percentiles of the wealthy ? Koushik Dividend tax cuts also favor retired folk whose income comes from dividends and interest. Some ordinary Americans also

RE: Tax cuts and US citizen responses

2003-01-13 Thread Gray, Lynn
and US citizen responses Can anyone explain why ordinary Americans arenot objecting totax cuts(such as dividend tax cuts)that will only favour the top percentiles of the wealthy ? Koushik

Re: Tax cuts and US citizen responses

2003-01-13 Thread Anton Sherwood
Koushik Sekhar wrote: Can anyone explain why ordinary Americans are not objecting to tax cuts (such as dividend tax cuts) that will only favour the top percentiles of the wealthy ? Perhaps because they recognize that to be cut the tax had to have been imposed in the first place, and they

Re: Tax cuts and US citizen responses

2003-01-13 Thread Bryan D Caplan
Koushik Sekhar wrote: Can anyone explain why ordinary Americans are not objecting to tax cuts (such as dividend tax cuts) that will only favour the top percentiles of the wealthy ? Among other things, this assumes that people's views on tax policy are driven by self-interest. Most of the

RE: Tax cuts and US citizen responses

2003-01-13 Thread Warnick, Walt
on progressivity? Walt Warnick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 8:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Tax cuts and US citizen responses In a message dated 1/13/03 7:33:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can anyone