> On May 7, 2008, at 12:38 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
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> > 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.
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> Anwar Shaikh would counter that taxes on capital are ultimately paid
> by labor. I don't buy it, but that's what he says.
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> Doug
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> Insofar as you think capital is mobile, he's right.
> In the trade, a common compromise is half and half.
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