Re: novel argument against taxing rents


<royls@xxxxxxxxx> wrote

"tonyp" wrote:
Defining what is "earned" is a mug's game.
Tony Soprano and his crew consider the money
they steal and extort to be "earned".

?? You want to let crooks and parasites justify their unearned
incomes and the harm they inflict on everyone else by redefining the
terms, eliminating the concepts needed to identify the truth?


No. Roy, I know you have a bug up our ass about land value tax and the gold
standard, but you don't have to be a _complete_ moron. I was pointing out
that the definition of "earned" is problematic, not "redefining" anything.

-- TP


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