On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:15:13 -0700, Fred J. McCall
wrote:

Peter Skelton wrote:

:On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:55:18 -0700, Fred J. McCall
wrote:
:
:Peter Skelton wrote:
:
::On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:00:23 -0700, Fred J. McCall
wrote:
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::Taxes based on income should be flat. They distort the economy the
::least that way and allow it to function closer to its optimum levels.
::
::
::That, of course, is a religious statement, devoid of proof and
::unprovable.
::
:
:No, Peter, that is a basic fact, as you would know if you knew
:anything at all about Economics.
:
:Another religious statement, followed by a flat lie. If you have
:a proof, show it.
:

No 'religious' statement and no lie.

Where and when did you get your degree in economics, Peter?

So now you're attempting to appeal to expertisde gained in your
time in the seminary? Religious statement followed by lie, as I
said.

One can find economists who agree with Fred on this, and others
who don't. It is trivial to prove that, in a very low income
society, a flat tax doesn't work. It's also not hard to prove
that, in a very high income society, it's the best. As there is
no proven definition for high or low income in the context of
these theories, and no way to prove such a definition belief in
their application to the US is religious, not scientific.


Peter Skelton