[Peace-discuss] taxes for school

[John W.]

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 6:52 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at uiuc.edu> wrote:

Income inequality has grown at an increasing rate for years. We must demand
> a
> tax program that redistributes wealth in a more equitable fashion.
>
> If you tax something, you get less of it. Tax (disparate) wealth, not
> income or
> consumption. --CGE


The counter argument, of course, is that if you tax business you get less of
it, which means fewer jobs, etc.

There's no "right" answer, especially in this global marketplace with no
sense of community or mutual accountabiity.  Just about everyone wants to
arrogate the assets to himself/herself, and pass the liabilities on to
someone else.  This recent bailout is only the most glaring and hypocritical
example of it.

John Wason




> Karen Medina wrote:
>

>  it increases the cost of clothing, school supplies, toiletries and other
>>> basic items.
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, that is another part I dislike. The families with more people in
>> school
>> would pay more tax.
>>
>> We all benefit from educating the young. WE ALL benefit.
>>
>> We all need to invest in educating the children, and we all need to be
>> offended when the education system is broken.
>>
>> -karen medina
>
>
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