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General Bogosity => The Podcast => Nominations for Biggest Bogon Emitter and Idiot Extraordinaire => Topic started by: Dallas Wildman on September 28, 2014, 04:34:59 AM

Title: BBE/IE-Lawrence M Vance
Post by: Dallas Wildman on September 28, 2014, 04:34:59 AM
http://mises.org/daily/6898/Lowering-Taxes-Is-the-Only-Decent-Tax-Reform

When people from the Mises institute writes crap like this we MUST call them out on it.
Title: Re: BBE/IE-Lawrence M Vance
Post by: MrBogosity on September 28, 2014, 08:26:19 AM
Quote from: Dallas Wildman on September 28, 2014, 04:34:59 AM
http://mises.org/daily/6898/Lowering-Taxes-Is-the-Only-Decent-Tax-Reform

When people from the Mises institute writes crap like this we MUST call them out on it.

What part do you object to? It all sounds reasonable to me.
Title: Re: BBE/IE-Lawrence M Vance
Post by: Dallas Wildman on September 28, 2014, 03:51:49 PM
He's suggesting that we expand upon all of these tax credits which distort the economy and hide the pain caused by taxation in general thus making it difficult to lower the income tax rate.
Title: Re: BBE/IE-Lawrence M Vance
Post by: MrBogosity on September 28, 2014, 04:21:58 PM
Quote from: Dallas Wildman on September 28, 2014, 03:51:49 PM
He's suggesting that we expand upon all of these tax credits which distort the economy and hide the pain caused by taxation in general thus making it difficult to lower the income tax rate.

Tax credits don't make it difficult to lower the income tax; that's an excuse.
Title: Re: BBE/IE-Lawrence M Vance
Post by: Travis Retriever on September 28, 2014, 04:29:12 PM
I liked the title.  Personally, I'd like to see the tax rate lowered--to 0%. X3
Title: Re: BBE/IE-Lawrence M Vance
Post by: AnCap Dave on September 28, 2014, 05:33:07 PM
QuoteFrom a libertarian perspective, the goal should be no taxes whatsoever. To that end, any decrease in taxes or tax rates is a good thing and any increase is a bad thing and any increase in tax deductions or credits is a good thing and any decrease is a bad thing. No matter whom it benefits, no matter why the government does it, no matter who lobbied for it, no matter who supports or doesn't support it, no matter how temporary it might be, and no matter how much complexity it adds to the tax code.

Sounds right to me.

They're constantly looking for excuses to raise the damned taxes. Any decrease should be seen as a miracle at this rate.