tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294000140149887671.post859167476942156913..comments2023-09-17T02:20:30.934-07:00Comments on Un-thought: How Much Tax Will Americans PayJWOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00004178958481335795noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294000140149887671.post-68500812762514987702010-12-12T19:07:29.437-08:002010-12-12T19:07:29.437-08:00Instead, why not only tax consumption? Particularl...<em>Instead, why not only tax consumption? Particularly 'excessive' consumption - if such a concept can be defined.</em><br /><br />I could not agree more.JWOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00004178958481335795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294000140149887671.post-92203295549824752302010-10-29T13:44:44.015-07:002010-10-29T13:44:44.015-07:00Ahhh... you've had this on your mind lately - ...Ahhh... you've had this on your mind lately - at least I think I saw comments on other blogs where you said similar things.<br /><br />I think it's a very interesting point. To my mind the question very quickly becomes: why do we tax desirable behavior at all? Production, labor, investment are all things we want people to engage in, so why discourage them by making them more costly? <br /><br />Instead, why not only tax consumption? Particularly 'excessive' consumption - if such a concept can be defined.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05431036725490947171noreply@blogger.com