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You seem to be unnecessarily conflating taxation with corruption. There are plenty of places that collect high taxes that don't have that sort of routine uneth
by badsock 12y ago
You seem to be unnecessarily conflating taxation with corruption. There are plenty of places that collect high taxes that don't have that sort of routine unethical behaviour.
- adventured 12y agoWhich countries collect high taxes that don't have economic stagnation as a result of it? I can think of only a few out of ~195 countries in the last decade that have seen good economic growth with high taxation. Most of which have some other prop, such as oil in Norway.
- badsock 12y agoI was talking about corruption, not economic growth. I'll bite, though. The corrolation between high tax rates and economic growth is an incredibly partisan issue. There are lots of people saying that they are connected, but there are just as many saying that stagnation is much better corrolated to inequality (e.g.): http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/sdn/2014/sdn1402.pdf http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/sdn/2014/sdn1402.pdf I will say that if you look at the "quality of life for the average person" indicators (health and longevity, infant mortality, leisure time), the high-tax countries smoke the rest. So my argument is: even if your country's GDP is growing a little faster, why would you care if it doesn't make your life any better?