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Taxes on non labor things can be used for income transfers and wage subsidies. It's how welfare states were built after industrialization too, taxing industrial
by fulafel 3y ago
Taxes on non labor things can be used for income transfers and wage subsidies. It's how welfare states were built after industrialization too, taxing industrial production where big capital owned the means of production producing a lot of surplus value.
- neilwilson 3y agoThose aren’t taxes. They are levies and duties. Which are then associated with subsidies and grants. And they are political choices not economic necessities. Using one word for two separate jobs confuses matters. English has many words for taking money off people. Fuel duty and wealth levies do the political job. Taxes do the economic job of releasing resources for the public good