Fjodor's thoughts » public affairs http://blog.molgaard.org Mostly rants about Microsoft Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:37:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Taxation of the rich vs. the poor http://blog.molgaard.org/2009/09/03/taxation-of-the-rich-vs-the-poor/ http://blog.molgaard.org/2009/09/03/taxation-of-the-rich-vs-the-poor/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:30:21 +0000 Fjodor http://blog.molgaard.org/?p=35 I saw this comment on a slashdot.org article tonight.

In essence, it’s an explanation of the US tax system, explained in the setting of “beer for 10 people” by a professor in economics.

While one may (rightfully) question the quality of a great many slashdot comments, I find this one rather profound.

I’d say it could be adapted to many other countries’ tax schemes with an equivalent conclusion – perhaps because politicians worldwide seem to be more eager to please the readers of daily newspapers, than to listen to sensible science…

Update 11:12 – link fixed. Thank you Thode :-$

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