[lbo-talk] A Case for Working-Class Tax Cuts

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Wed Feb 22 15:19:36 PST 2006


Michael Hoover wrote:
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> stock-in-trade claim is that businesses do not really pay taxes, consumers
> do, if this is correct (at least to some extent), isn't real issue which people
> pay...

I think it could be argued (if one accepts Marx's theory of value) that all taxes are part of surplus value -- in which case taxes on workers are a major deception, for their _actual_ wage is the wage after taxes, and they have simply been made the courier for transferring part of surplus value to the capitalist state! Which means that their actual wages are substantially lower than they appear to be. It can be compared to being forced to buy one's groceries at the capitalist store!

Carrol



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