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Re:Finland’s Basic Income Experiment Shows Recipients Are Ha... by perfunctory on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:19AM (#19571266)
> Massive taxation increases the risk of doing business

I encourage you to make a list of countries ordered by taxation level, and another one ordered by the risk of doing business. And then compare the two.

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Re:Finland’s Basic Income Experiment Shows Recipients Are Ha... by ams6110 on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:39AM (#19571472)
I'd phrase it as "massive taxation reduces the reward of doing business" and therefore, assuming equivalent risk, some number of potential entrepreneurs (and their investors) will decide it's not worth it.
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Re:Finland’s Basic Income Experiment Shows Recipients Are Ha... by chrisco255 on Thursday April 04, 2019 @09:46AM (#19572192)
If you're thinking that it's instructive to compare nations by tax rates in isolation, as if it's an "all things being equal" comparison I would challenge that on many levels.
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