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- From: cmh004@cck.coventry.ac.uk (Dave)
- Subject: Re: NO! Re: flat taxes - yes!!!
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- Organization: Lanchester Polytechnic
- References: <1992Nov11.103204.3702@ee.ubc.ca> <BxJzCF.I11@apollo.hp.com> <1992Nov11.224507.3505@ee.ubc.ca>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 19:08:43 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov11.224507.3505@ee.ubc.ca> jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison) writes:
- >A flat % tax is like saying: for you, this candy bar costs $0.50, but
- >for you sir, only $1.00, since you earn twice as much. Is that fair?
- >Same candy bar isn't it?
-
- The allternative is to say "We will tax everyone X amount". This form of
- taxation has a special name - Poll Tax. Now who seriously (except the UK
- Tory party) advocates poll tax?
-
- >It all depends on what your concept of "fair" is. If you think the
- >rich should pay more taxes, but only get the same level of service,
- >that is one opinion (and is quite widely held).
-
- Remember that a pound to a poor person is worth more 'utils' than a pound
- to a rich person. So progresive income taxes are justified.
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- Dave cmh004@cck.cov.ac.uk
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