tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post4347826387429698400..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Killer Arguments Against Citizen's Income, Not (8)Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-51564532642400775342017-03-04T09:37:06.829+00:002017-03-04T09:37:06.829+00:00MW. Yes. I mis-posted that from my smartphone. It...MW. Yes. I mis-posted that from my smartphone. It was on the the wrong thread - you'll guess why if you look at the time I posted it...Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-82665828965999132262017-03-04T09:01:40.459+00:002017-03-04T09:01:40.459+00:00D, lovely example, thanks.
L, yes, but nobody is...D, lovely example, thanks. <br /><br />L, yes, but nobody is talking about taxing robots, per se, we are talking about equalising the tax rates on robots' profits and humans' wages. <br /><br />The robot itself does not pay tax and you don't pay tax for owning one - you pay tax on the profits, not the capital. The faux libs who don't understand anything always say that corporation tax is a tax on capital. well no it bloody well isn't, it is a tax on income/profits.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-12058684392970387102017-03-04T04:01:29.505+00:002017-03-04T04:01:29.505+00:00Robots are capital they make workers better off. ...Robots are capital they make workers better off. So taxing them will make workers worse off.Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-85022872220551991192017-03-03T21:34:51.869+00:002017-03-03T21:34:51.869+00:00Trade unions in certain parts of the US actually u...Trade unions in certain parts of the US actually use the minimum wage as part of their membership drive. They do this by lobbying for a high minimum wage but with exceptions for their membership. That way employers can get cheaper employees provided they employ them through the union. The union management benefits through increased membership income and greater clout.<br /><br />Of course this would all be threatened by a UBI so by-and-large they are not in favour of it.Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296053477905542366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-60049864603653628602017-03-03T17:05:04.780+00:002017-03-03T17:05:04.780+00:00L, agreed, but nmw is still a separate topic
The ...L, agreed, but nmw is still a separate topic<br /> The arguments for and against are the same irrespective of welfare system.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-90083873750729177742017-03-03T16:42:49.676+00:002017-03-03T16:42:49.676+00:00In my view Min Wage is stupid - it's a price f...In my view Min Wage is stupid - it's a price fix. And in the UK (and probably Sweden) we do not have low wages. We have high wages that are made low by two forms of rent seeking, tax and rent, plus deadweight costs.<br /><br />If CI (with LVT) does away with high taxes on production and high rents and high deadweight costs why would you need min. wage?<br /><br />So yes, CI is a way of getting rid of Min. Wage. Hooray.Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.com