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Honest Leftist Admits Desire for Spite-Drive Tax Policy
08 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
Every so often, I’ll assert that some statists are so consumed by envy and spite that they favor high tax rates on the “rich” even if the net effect (because of diminished economic output) is less revenue for government.
In other words, they deliberately and openly want to be on the right side (which is definitely the wrong side) of the Laffer Curve.
Critics sometimes accuse me of misrepresenting the left’s ideology, to which I respond by pointing to a poll of left-wing voters who strongly favored soak-the-rich tax hikes even if there was no extra tax collected.
But now I have an even better example.
Writing for Vox, Matthew Yglesias openly argues that we should be on the downward-sloping portion of the Laffer Curve. Just in case you think I’m exaggerating, “the case for confiscatory taxation” is part of the title for his article.
Here’s some…
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Occupational Health & Safety has come a long way with rising incomes
06 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
Repairing the Hull of the Graf Zeppelin during the flight over the Atlantic, 1934. http://t.co/DhxAiCIowS—
ClassicPics (@History_Pics) May 25, 2015
How often the 2016 candidates agreed (and disagreed) in their Senate votes, charted
02 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
How often the 2016 candidates agreed (and disagreed) in their Senate votes, charted. wpo.st/T5dJ0 http://t.co/CBLtRllny1—
Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) June 01, 2015
How Qatar is the odd man out in World Cup hosting
01 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
Six ways in which Qatar doesn't make a lot of sense as a World Cup host 53eig.ht/1BpVlrH #FIFA http://t.co/0N87zTO07x—
(@FiveThirtyEight) May 30, 2015
The British electorate is almost as right-wing as New Zealand’s
30 May 2015 Leave a comment
People in Britain who bothered to vote: on the whole, as @NickCohen4 points out, fairly Right-wing http://t.co/BFYRBVnray—
Michael Deacon (@MichaelPDeacon) May 30, 2015
A classic Frank Sinatra photo
30 May 2015 Leave a comment
Frank Sinatra performing in Monte Carlo photographed by Herman Leonard, 1958 http://t.co/aKSJcEiMgl—
Historical Pics (@HistoricalPics) August 09, 2014
How FIFA spends and makes its money
29 May 2015 Leave a comment
Dailychart: How FIFA spends and makes its money econ.st/1HQpec4 http://t.co/cEHEsvvWyr—
The Economist (@TheEconomist) May 29, 2015
Every space mission over the past 50 years.
29 May 2015 Leave a comment
A depiction of every space mission over the past 50 years.
In higher resolution: bit.ly/14O97ud http://t.co/qocFdUIOn2—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) May 08, 2015
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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