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A simple tax like that on its own is also socially regressive. Implemented on its own, people would go hungry, causing social unrest. What would you suggest as
by markvdb 5y ago
A simple tax like that on its own is also socially regressive. Implemented on its own, people would go hungry, causing social unrest.
What would you suggest as a simple social stabiliser on top? A negative personal income tax up to a certain rate?
- perryizgr8 5y ago> Implemented on its own, people would go hungry, causing social unrest. Why would that happen?
- dlp211 5y agoBecause the poor and working class spend all their money on necessities and in doing so incur higher effective transaction taxes relative to their income.
- IneffablePigeon 5y agoDoes differential tax rates on necessities Vs luxuries help here? For example, in the UK, sales tax is discounted or not applied on many types of food, children's clothes, etc. - yes, you end up with strange arguments at the edges (a famous one being the lawsuit to decide whether Jaffa Cakes are legally cakes or biscuits) but I think it _could_ work.
- perryizgr8 5y ago> lawsuit to decide whether Jaffa Cakes are legally cakes or biscuits We had a lawsuit to determine if KitKat is a chocolate or a biscuit for similar reasons: https://www.businessinsider.in/KitKat-is-a-biscuit-and-Parachute-Coconut-oil-is-edible-Thats-the-new-topic-for-GST-debate/articleshow/57824616.cms https://www.businessinsider.in/KitKat-is-a-biscuit-and-Parac... > In the case of Nestle India Ltd Vs Commissioner of Central Excise, Mumbai of 1999, it was ruled that KitKat is a biscuit and not a chocolate that is taxed high.