tax burdens

[Max Sawicky]

>I would love to hear more on this theme. In various and sundry reading on
Social Security I often came across the statement that "most economists
believe that the employer's part of FICA is paid by the worker." (Steuerle
and Bakija(sp?) for example). But you can substitute the tax of your choice,
like "most economists believe that property taxes are paid by the renters."
And so on.>

Like Jimmy Carter said, I'd never lie to you.

You want to read literature reviews?  Check
the Journal of Economic Literature.  Or look
at some textbooks in public finance, though
here you have to be careful to determine
whether you've found something written by
one of James Buchanan's students.  [He's an
ultra-conservative nobel laureate.]

BTW, I said the left thinks the property
tax is paid by renters.  The mainstream
economists' view is that it is borne
partly by capital, and partly by
renters (the latter in jurisdictions
with above-average tax rates).  I lean
to the mainstream view, just another
reason for my political friends to
regard me suspiciously.

MBS