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My reasoning is that these taxes increase the price of all goods, including food and energy. That hurts the poor much more than it hurts the rich because food a
by naoqj 5y ago
My reasoning is that these taxes increase the price of all goods, including food and energy. That hurts the poor much more than it hurts the rich because food and energy expenses are a much bigger % of their income for the poor.
- kaibee 5y ago> My reasoning is that these taxes increase the price of all goods, including food and energy. If you do a cash transfer to low-income individuals funded by the tax, it is entirely possible to make the tax progressive or neutral instead. (and it still does all of the important market-pricing action things its supposed to)
- michaelt 5y agoTo an extent. But it can be tricky - some poor people use more gas than others. And if we want to give an extra cash transfer to the cleaner who starts work before public transit starts running, that's going to get complex to administer.
- yywwbbn 5y agoGiving the same to him as anyone else at a similar income level would be just fine. Assuming he can get any other job requiring a similar skill level the market wage for ‘cleaners who have start work before public transport starts’ running would naturally have to increase.