tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19769829.post114788153051585622..comments2024-02-09T19:44:17.241+00:00Comments on AngloAustria: Taxes Make You HappyJack Maturinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00903651577858853608noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19769829.post-1147987731551486202006-05-18T22:28:00.000+01:002006-05-18T22:28:00.000+01:00Indeed.Indeed.Jack Maturinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00903651577858853608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19769829.post-1147987155553471422006-05-18T22:19:00.000+01:002006-05-18T22:19:00.000+01:00perhaps if more people did read Mises.org we'd hav...perhaps if more people did read Mises.org we'd have a lot less needy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09940695783592505712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19769829.post-1147940674934359662006-05-18T09:24:00.000+01:002006-05-18T09:24:00.000+01:00Sounds a bit like that theory that high tax is goo...<I>Sounds a bit like that theory that high tax is good because it encourages people to work harder to offset it's effects.</I><BR/><BR/>All high tax does to me is to make me move into lower productivity activities, which make less overall wealth, but which I pay less tax on, so personally I'm better off. Oh, and I have a lot more time off than I used to, because it really isn't worth getting out of bed in the morning.<BR/><BR/>I suppose spending some of this extra free time browsing blogs <I>may</I> be useful, but it's hardly maximally productive to the general welfare benefit of society.<BR/><BR/>No doubt the professor would say I should be using this tax-induced free time to build affordable housing for the needy, but I'd rather read Mises.org! :-)<BR/><BR/>(How disgracefully selfish of me.)Jack Maturinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00903651577858853608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19769829.post-1147897685342241492006-05-17T21:28:00.000+01:002006-05-17T21:28:00.000+01:00Sounds a bit like that theory that high tax is goo...Sounds a bit like that theory that high tax is good because it encourages people to work harder to offset it's effects. Sigh.<BR/>The Blair wannabes down here in the Kiwi pavlova paradise seem to have taken that idea to heart and are trying to ramp up the already suspect levels of Kiwi productivity by taxing the shit out of anyone who does deign to work. Public investment for the future goes the rallying cry. Gordon Brown would be so proud of his little protege. <BR/>I think they miss the point.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09940695783592505712noreply@blogger.com