Re: Robotopia - Tax the Robots, live free.

forbisgaryg@xxxxxxx wrote:
On Aug 5, 5:55 pm, jmh <jmh...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 2008-08-05, forbisga...@xxxxxxx <forbisga...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 5, 10:20 am, "Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Your problem. It is the best way to tax those with more capacity
to pay more than those who have very little capacity to pay.

That's just not true. Why does someone with $1,000,000 in the
bank at the beginning of the year have less capacity to pay than
someone who makes $1,000,000 during the year?

If the one with the net worth of 1 million has
no other source of income then you're clearly
taxing the productive base of that person while
only taxing the income stream of the other.

If the person with the million cannot use it productively
then our society would be better off with that million in
other hands. It seems to me that income streams
indicate the markets judgement of the economic
value of the products sold. The cost of the goods
sold indicate the markets judement of the economic
value of that which contributed to the production.

Nope, its always about much more than JUST goods sold.

Natural resources exist independent of human activity

Nope, some of them arent natural resources without human activity.

and yet they have a market price.

Not all of them do, most obviously with the air we breath.

To the extent that control of natural resources is
the limiting factor on efficient production systems
to free up control will increase society's efficiency.

Hardly ever.

I would be very happy living in a society where
well judged labor was nearly the total cost of
goods sold. Limited resources lead to limited lives.

And far more lives are limited by other things.


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