Re:Seattle Poised to Repeal Tax on Amazon and Large Employers
by rahimnathwani on Saturday June 16, 2018 @03:44AM
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"Taxes act like friction and DO reduce the activity that they are attached to."
This is why it's interesting to consider taxes that aren't tied to activities, or activities that are extremely resistant to change, e.g.
- taxing land doesn't impact the supply of land, as (aside from melting ice caps and land 'reclamation' projects) the amount of land on Earth is fixed.
- taxing human existence (e.g. an annual per capita flat tax) doesn't impact the number of humans
This is why it's interesting to consider taxes that aren't tied to activities, or activities that are extremely resistant to change, e.g.
- taxing land doesn't impact the supply of land, as (aside from melting ice caps and land 'reclamation' projects) the amount of land on Earth is fixed.
- taxing human existence (e.g. an annual per capita flat tax) doesn't impact the number of humans