Lidt nyt teori om effekten af skat på højindkomstgrupper. Selvfølgelig om amerikanske forhold, men interessant
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"Jared Bernstein joined the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in May 2011 as a Senior Fellow. From 2009 to 2011, Bernstein was the Chief Economist and Economic Adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, executive director of the White House Task Force on the Middle Class, and a member of President Obama’s economic team. "
Progressiv beskatning er demokratiets og flertallets måde, at stemme sig til andres penge og flid. Rent legaliseret tyveri. Væmmeligt at se økonomer lede efter argumenter for, at denne ikke er skadelig.
Martin Wolf:
"The spread in the average tax ratio is quite large, at 26 per cent of GDP, from Japan to Denmark. It is even quite surprising that such a spread seems to have no effect on economic performance."
Citer:
Wolf adds:
"The conclusion to be drawn is that a tax burden within the range of 30 per cent to 55 per cent of GDP) tells one nothing about a country’s economic performance. It is far more a reflection of different social preferences about the role of the state. What matters far more are culture, quality of institutions, including law, levels of education, quality of businesses, openness to trade, strength of competition and so forth."
There is no rocket science here - reputable economists have known this for a long time.
30th April 2012, 06:20 AM
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