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Re: stuff (was: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 16 Jan 2000 01:55:15 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jasper Janssen writes:
> On Sat, 15 Jan 2000 21:34:02 GMT, Christopher Weeks
> <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote:
> > Jasper Janssen wrote:
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> > > In terms of total taxes raised vs GNP, NL comes out at around 25%,
> > > whereas the US comes in at just over 30%.
> > >
> > > That good enough?
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> > Good enough for what? What if you look at it differently? What % of
> > your income do you pay as income tax? What would it be if you were in
> > the US doing the same kind of work? What about other forms of taxation?
> > What's your sales tax like? How about on petrol?
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> I gave you totals. The total is what matters, not the composition.
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> Jasper
I'm interested in breakdowns... as I've said here before, some kinds of taxes
have a more pernicious distorting effect and therefore are worse than others.
++Lar
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| (...) Any tax, across the board, incents some behaviours and disincents others. Broadly, there seem to be at least three classes of taxation, although there may be others. These are: Income - a tax on the production of wealth Sales - a tax on the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Good enough for what? What if you look at it differently? What % of your income do you pay as income tax? What would it be if you were in the US doing the same kind of work? What about other forms of taxation? What's your sales tax like? How (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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