On May 7, 2008, at 12:38 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
> One could make a fairly sophisticated argument that taxes on
> workers are
> _only_ a _method_ by which surplus value is taxed. So the appearance
> Bill calls attention to (take-home pay as opposed to nominal pay)
> is in
> fact reality. It is a tax on profits taking the juridical form of a
> tax
> on the workers.
Anwar Shaikh would counter that taxes on capital are ultimately paid by labor. I don't buy it, but that's what he says.
Dou