tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post8815018477105556106..comments2024-03-28T00:18:25.641-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: Update on fiscal policyScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-34804244263818614142009-03-14T01:13:00.000-07:002009-03-14T01:13:00.000-07:00Scott I respect your belief in free markets and th...Scott I respect your belief in free markets and the will of tax payers to remain as free as possible from expensive big government. Good to hear that you are having a good vacationronraschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708698068353771219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-22995215893082368282009-03-13T18:05:00.000-07:002009-03-13T18:05:00.000-07:00I was reprimanded by Jon S. as usual. However, bef...I was reprimanded by Jon S. as usual. However, before you all go John Galt, consider this:<BR/>No counter argument. I just wanted to let you know that my nickname in high school was "Sadistic," and that I earned it. Hahaha!Mark A. Sadowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13147923641894915172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-78849862240306778812009-03-13T16:30:00.000-07:002009-03-13T16:30:00.000-07:00Politicians do not care about raising revenues unl...Politicians do not care about raising revenues unless it secures them votes. The mission right now is to find the scapegoat in order to secure more votes because that is what the public wants. Regardless of the social cost…Public Libraryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017383928897945054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-11833412358597488022009-03-13T14:10:00.000-07:002009-03-13T14:10:00.000-07:00Great post Scott, I read you every day for the int...Great post Scott, I read you every day for the interesting analyses you so generously provide.<BR/><BR/>Beyond the limit of tax revenues/rates, there is another important factor, distinguishing the USA from f.ex. European countries; it is that the US politicians haven't legislated automatic funding of their parties (based on vote results), and they still have to go out to their constituents and Hockey Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12082135024075422098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-79441202972530989372009-03-13T12:08:00.000-07:002009-03-13T12:08:00.000-07:00This was great information. Very informative. Help...This was great information. Very informative. Helps us have a realistic view of what is going on economically in your area. Can't really rely on the media to give us that accurate picture.. <BR/>http://utahcribs.wordpress.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-62083746361833438042009-03-13T07:47:00.000-07:002009-03-13T07:47:00.000-07:00Big income earners and corporations are going to f...Big income earners and corporations are going to fight this attempt to hike their taxes. They can easily move income offshore or relocate to Switzerland as some oil companies are doing already. Los Angeles filmakers can produce movies in Canada or anywhere else they are offered tax incentives. The ones who can't avoid the higher taxes are the people in the middle class. Obama is simply misleadingScott Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-34942078217501597862009-03-13T05:40:00.000-07:002009-03-13T05:40:00.000-07:00When the revenue the government expected falls sho...When the revenue the government expected falls short as it will, increasing marginal rates never provides the increase in tax revenue they think it will, the call for even higher taxes will go out.It always does. <BR/><BR/>I used to live in NJ,a high property tax , high state income tax and high sales tax state, no matter they always were looking to fill the hole in their budget.<BR/>It's not thedavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173750820649272172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-69181218020694337492009-03-13T04:50:00.000-07:002009-03-13T04:50:00.000-07:00Come on, Mark. Scott is clearly not saying that f...Come on, Mark. Scott is clearly not saying that federal tax revenues will always equal 19.5% of GDP irrespective of marginal rates. His argument is that there is a limit to public sector growth/taxation beyond which the private sector economy will fight back.<BR/><BR/>Enough sophistry already, Mark.Jon S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14840074248344452572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-27700876325117091602009-03-12T21:08:00.000-07:002009-03-12T21:08:00.000-07:00Mark: Aren't you the one that says empirical facts...Mark: Aren't you the one that says empirical facts are the only ones that count?Scott Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-28698780518794806392009-03-12T20:35:00.000-07:002009-03-12T20:35:00.000-07:00Come on now Scott. You're not so superstitious as ...Come on now Scott. You're not so superstitious as to believe in something as ludicrous as Hauser's Law? There's no scientific empirical research at all that justifies such a ridiculous position. Even logical theoretical theories don't support this. Come back to planet earth and stop reading your tea leaves and entrails.Mark A. Sadowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13147923641894915172noreply@blogger.com