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Post #82,447 by jake123 2/18/03 2:38:50 PM Reply	No, I'd prefer people receiving income in the form of dividends pay their share of the tax burden. Someone making ten million a year from dividends and not having any other form of income should pay no taxes? What, they don't use roads? --\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \r\n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \r\n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #82,488 by marlowe 2/18/03 4:42:41 PM 2/18/03 4:44:02 PM Reply	Their share of the tax burden? I'm perfectly happy to let other people get more of a tax cut than me, just so long as I get a tax cut. No need to be petty about it. Though I'd much prefer a flat tax. But first we've got to get spending under control. Reform the parliament of whores. By the way, do we all understand how power law distributions work? No oil for TotalFinaElf! CHICKENHAWK! Scourge of clucking hens everywhere! Victory is the answer. There are no alternatives. [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfire...arlowe/index.html] Edited by marlowe Feb. 18, 2003, 04:44:02 PM EST Expand All History
Post #82,497 by inthane-chan 2/18/03 5:15:40 PM Reply	World ends, news at 11. I almost agree with Marlowe. Don't get too used to it, though, troll-boy. Best way to get spending under control, IMO, is to lock down the amount of money flowing IN to the system, however. That's why rational tax reform is needed. Counting income from stocks as regular income is one step in the right direction. The source of the income should not matter in tax calculations. "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989
Post #82,499 by a6l6e6x 2/18/03 5:19:17 PM Reply	So you are in favor of dividends being classified as an... expense to the company? Alex "No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session."\t-- Mark Twain
Post #82,501 by inthane-chan 2/18/03 5:19:44 PM Reply	I don't believe in write-offs. "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989
Post #82,504 by a6l6e6x 2/18/03 5:25:44 PM Reply	And that includes your employers payment of your salary and benefits, interest on any loans they have, depreciation of equipment they have bought, supplies they buy, etc.? Even if all these might exceed their revenues? Alex "No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session."\t-- Mark Twain
Post #82,505 by inthane-chan 2/18/03 5:33:58 PM Reply	There's more to it than that. I also don't believe that both a) corporations should be taxed and b) corporations should have any rights of citizenship. "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989
Post #82,559 by Brandioch 2/18/03 11:55:45 PM Reply	Mega-dittoes.
Post #82,778 by ben_tilly 2/19/03 8:24:42 PM Reply	Actually I probably understand power laws better than you Now care to explain why the exponent in the wealth power law seems to be shifting over time? Cheers, Ben "good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not" - [link\|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html\|Stefano Mazzocchi]

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Well, not directly at least - (bbronson) - Feb. 17, 2003, 12:41:55 PM EST

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What, you'd prefer your dividends be taxed? - (marlowe) - (9) - Feb. 18, 2003, 01:29:31 PM EST

No, I'd prefer people receiving income in the form of - (jake123) - (8) - Feb. 18, 2003, 02:38:50 PM EST

Their share of the tax burden? - (marlowe) - (7) - Feb. 18, 2003, 04:44:02 PM EST

World ends, news at 11. - (inthane-chan) - (5) - Feb. 18, 2003, 05:15:40 PM EST

So you are in favor of dividends being classified as an... - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - Feb. 18, 2003, 05:19:17 PM EST

I don't believe in write-offs. -NT - (inthane-chan) - (3) - Feb. 18, 2003, 05:19:44 PM EST

And that includes your employers payment of your salary and - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - Feb. 18, 2003, 05:25:44 PM EST

There's more to it than that. - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Feb. 18, 2003, 05:33:58 PM EST

Mega-dittoes. -NT - (Brandioch) - Feb. 18, 2003, 11:55:45 PM EST

Actually I probably understand power laws better than you - (ben_tilly) - Feb. 19, 2003, 08:24:42 PM EST

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