tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859345528889981553.post3180720088639111173..comments2023-10-19T01:44:50.017+01:00Comments on Liberal Polemic: Nobody wants higher taxesLiberal Polemichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002372579024659424noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859345528889981553.post-48503763972896958272022-07-30T10:16:40.761+01:002022-07-30T10:16:40.761+01:00Great rread thankyouGreat rread thankyouOffice Movers Kendale Lakeshttps://www.office-mover.com/us/commercial-movers-florida/office-movers-kendale-lakes.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859345528889981553.post-70083429829467452162007-10-29T10:12:00.000+00:002007-10-29T10:12:00.000+00:00Matthew, I refer you hereMatthew, I refer you <A HREF="http://joeotten.blogspot.com/2007/09/reinventing-state-chapter-3-liberal.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>Joe Ottenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380362092159905533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859345528889981553.post-83207299184852724252007-10-28T20:59:00.000+00:002007-10-28T20:59:00.000+00:00Haven't you heard? These bigger and bigger cakes w...Haven't you heard? These bigger and bigger cakes we're baking are causing the house to get a bit uncomfortably warm. Plus it looks like we might run out of the ingredients soon ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859345528889981553.post-89394373095185212392007-10-27T16:46:00.000+01:002007-10-27T16:46:00.000+01:00Also, people will quite happily vote for greater p...Also, people will quite happily vote for greater public spending so long as they don't believe that they will be the ones that have to pay for it.sanbikinoraionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823745465626270567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859345528889981553.post-58897176984457132052007-10-27T16:06:00.000+01:002007-10-27T16:06:00.000+01:00There is some truth in what you say, Tom, however,...There is some truth in what you say, Tom, however, there seems to be an assumption that tax revenue is all pissed away.<BR/><BR/>In fact much of it is spent on things that will also work to increase the size of the pie: infrastructure and education. Or stop it shrinking: law and order, and defence.<BR/><BR/>Indirectly all social insurance spending is also a bit like this - it is a bribe to the poor not to support communism, and is good value if it works. (The US, with more natural hostility to communism gets away with a smaller bribe.)<BR/><BR/>Finally, even if public spending doesn't increase the size of the pie, it might be reasonable to spend it anyway on the basis that the pie in future will be bigger anyway, and the needs of the present are more pressing.Joe Ottenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380362092159905533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859345528889981553.post-22647424055918825252007-10-27T14:27:00.000+01:002007-10-27T14:27:00.000+01:00Well here's something to get you thinking:Would yo...Well here's something to get you thinking:<BR/><BR/>Would you rather our economy was competitive on the grounds of tax or low wages?<BR/><BR/>What about the 7 billion tax burden on smokers? What about the 16 billion tax burden on drinkers? I mean, this is, essentially, the entire disposable income of the least well off getting taken by the Government.<BR/><BR/>Don't know how you feel about smokers but I certainly have an issue with exploitation of addictive substances for financial gain. Perhaps this is the Labour alternative to mass unemployment as a means of controlling inflation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com