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The paper is not arguing that the people that go from zero tax to some tax are driving the charitable giving tax. It’s arguing about the people in higher income
by kasey_junk 7y ago
The paper is not arguing that the people that go from zero tax to some tax are driving the charitable giving tax. It’s arguing about the people in higher income brackets & it shows pretty robustly that charitable giving is linked to the price of silver.
- nobrains 7y agoHe talks about "nisaab" which is the minimum amount you must own before you are auto-taxed, and that amount, based on today's rate is $342. See tweet 3 of 9: https://twitter.com/benmarrow/status/1180140774127742979?s=20 https://twitter.com/benmarrow/status/1180140774127742979?s=2...
- kasey_junk 7y agoAnd here is the actual author describing the link https://twitter.com/nicolalimodio/status/1181581317596745728?s=21 https://twitter.com/nicolalimodio/status/1181581317596745728... You could also read the paper. The part linking silver prices to charitable giving is straightforward.