Tax breaks and WTO

Jordan Hayes jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com
Sat Jan 1 16:20:28 PST 2000


Max writes:


> In principle a progressive expenditure policy can erase
> the distributive effect of any tax.

Is this the same line of reasoning as "It doesn't matter how much we tax poor people so long as we give them a greater amount back in services" ...?

Doesn't this conflict the evidence that taxation is a poor way to redistribute at the bottom end anyway?

Curious,

/jordan



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