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- Newsgroups: can.politics
- Subject: Re: Negative Income Tax (Was: Social programs)
- Message-ID: <HJwgwB1w164w@ham.almanac.bc.ca>
- From: emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 16:58:05 PST
- References: <1992Dec27.232314.14520@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
- Distribution: can
- Organization: Robert Smits
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- golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy) writes:
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- >
- > The general public is under that impression because of propaganda
- > from the left and from the rich. The left is absolutely stupid...
- > they argue for a progressive tax system...but since they are never
- > in power, it is never imposed...and the rich who are in power,
- > institute a tax system which looks progressive, but is riddled
- > with loopholes...and creates unproductive and wasteful jobs for
- > bureaucrats, lawyers, and accountants. The way to get the rich
- > to pay taxes is to have flat taxes. The majority loses from
- > a progressive tax system...not gains.
- >
- > Gerald
-
-
- You mean that, because the left has never been in power (I presume you
- mean federally) it's their fault that the rich have a tax system
- advantageous to the rich?
-
- I agree with your assessment of the present tax system, but I'm more
- pessimistic than you about the ability of the rich to evade taxes, flat
- rate or not.
-
- emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca (Robert Smits, Ladysmith B.C.)
-
- Support your fellow Canadians. We should buy lousy Canadian novels
- instead of importing lousy American novels. - Johnny Wayne
-