Re: Classification Table

[John Gelles <jjgelles@xxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 27 Feb 1995, bill mitchell wrote:

> So far I have seen two responses from "liberals" who both reject
> progressive personal income taxation and favour vats which are
> regressive and hurt the poor, and also reject "other personal taxes"
> which would presumably embrace, wealth taxes on the wealthy.
> ... bit curious...
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	I thought only my own answers to this classification
	survey had been sent as public mail (although anyone
	can so send an answer). My own was as you say. I see
	vat as favoring people and preventing any person from
	being poor -- my idea of vat is that it falls only on
	non essential items and is used only to fight inflation.

	My opposition to "other personal" was to "other personal
	PROPERTY" -- I oppose it because "personal graduated
	consumption tax", which I favor, was sufficient, in my
	mind, to force the wealthy to save, invest, or pay
	extremely high consumption tax -- many times the cost
	of the property purchased.

	Thanks for message. You can send in a personal reply
	to the questions below the classification table.
	Then no pigeon hole.
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