tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post8744622417683273800..comments2024-03-28T00:18:25.641-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: How Federal largesse traps the poorScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-69542458335519235712012-11-20T19:11:47.579-08:002012-11-20T19:11:47.579-08:00Funnily, none of these pundits trying to tell othe...Funnily, none of these pundits trying to tell other people how they should react to tax rates has been found moving to Wyoming, the lowest-tax state in the US according to taxfoundation.orgGloeschihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10705125909506053628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-38687155326479340642012-11-19T18:08:54.360-08:002012-11-19T18:08:54.360-08:00PL – “on average, working-age men are not responsi...PL – “on average, working-age men are not responsive to marginal changes in tax rates”. The bureaucratic and soviet socialist disease of not working with quality is certainly two good examples of disincentives from marginal rates.<br /><br />So people can’t figure out their marginal rates? I beg to differ as my real world experience as an account who has worked with many employees in many Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-28188084712176933772012-11-19T18:01:32.613-08:002012-11-19T18:01:32.613-08:00Re: " On average, working-age men are not ver...Re: " On average, working-age men are not very responsive to changes in marginal tax rates."<br /><br />"In light of the difficulty people face when determining their marginal tax rate, the disincentives to work caused by high marginal<br />tax rates may be partially mitigated."<br /><br />That is a very lame excuse for a policy that unquestionably penalizes the poor and makesScott Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-71448316369678790192012-11-19T14:46:22.328-08:002012-11-19T14:46:22.328-08:00Milton Friedman wrote about this alot, so it is no...Milton Friedman wrote about this alot, so it is not as if this is a mystery. He even did a segment on this in his "Free to Choose" videos where he interviewed a guy in Belfast who was "on the dole". Would cost him more to take a job. Happens the world over. But we keep doing it. Stupid.Donny Baseballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08040288585224426073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-4796952032739599452012-11-19T13:24:06.660-08:002012-11-19T13:24:06.660-08:00Couple of intersting pieces worth quoting from the...Couple of intersting pieces worth quoting from the paper before a few radicals start blaming politicians on the left...<br /><br />"The responsiveness<br />of labor supply to tax changes varies across groups. On<br />average, working-age men are not very responsive to<br />changes in marginal tax rates."<br /><br />"In light of the<br />difficulty people face when determining theirPublic Libraryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017383928897945054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-50706667925724009712012-11-19T10:11:51.890-08:002012-11-19T10:11:51.890-08:00"intentionally or not"? seriously? anyon... "intentionally or not"? seriously? anyone who believes the dems are not intentionally enabling dependence is delirious. the more dependent, the more they get the vote. called the "Curley" effect after James Michael Curley-and it's very effective and of course, pernicious.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07387986994469835875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-73692119968837161232012-11-19T09:42:00.316-08:002012-11-19T09:42:00.316-08:00And, consequentially, the party which promotes thi...And, consequentially, the party which promotes this aid must keep these populations in their current circumstances or they lose voters. That party is, in effect, working to keep people dependent, intentionally or not.Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06877419782094533082noreply@blogger.com