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Re:In China Trade War, Apple Worries It Will Be Collateral D... by twblalock on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @06:49PM (#17350908)
By what standard, other than tax law, can the fair amount of tax be determined?
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Re:In China Trade War, Apple Worries It Will Be Collateral D... by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @07:12PM (#17351035)
By some assumed standard of morality. "Fair" tax can never be determined by tax law - only "legal" can be determined that way.
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Re:In China Trade War, Apple Worries It Will Be Collateral D... by kazinator on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @07:16PM (#17351066)
There exists a fair tax: the user fee. Pay for what you use. (But then we are still reduced to bargaining over what is a fair price).

Insurance is also a form of fair tax, when premiums are based on claim history and objective risk factors, and the market is reasonably competitive.

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