tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post7148991100149304216..comments2024-03-09T18:57:10.942+13:00Comments on Liberty Scott: Tax avoidance is not just legal, but moralLibertyscotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12741049550997300680noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-20961995213054752872012-07-10T20:26:06.759+12:002012-07-10T20:26:06.759+12:00"Unknown": You put forward a straw man, ..."Unknown": You put forward a straw man, I have not denied the need for well run government.<br /><br />There is evidence that excess government spending is bad for growth. There is a general correlation between government as a proportion of GDP and GDP growth. One need only look at Hong Kong vs mainland China until the 1990s, the two Koreas, the (former) two Germanys. Government Libertyscotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741049550997300680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-22775718608680059522012-07-07T13:35:33.899+12:002012-07-07T13:35:33.899+12:00You describe those who are against tax-loopholes a...You describe those who are against tax-loopholes as economically illiterate. I am as left wing as the next University of Chicago Economics Phd. However, this post is complete nonsense. You are clearly an economic illiterate yourself. It has been shown, both theoretically and empirically, that well run government is the key to economic success and well-being. There is no evidence suggesting that weareastrangemonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07725580843974605480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-86236682468447462752012-06-25T16:26:31.028+12:002012-06-25T16:26:31.028+12:00LS - re a lower, simpler tax system - hear hear.
...LS - re a lower, simpler tax system - hear hear.<br /><br />Low = not worth the cost of avoidance, and people more inclined to pay it.<br /><br />Simpler = universally applied with no exceptions or loopholes to be exploited (morally or not).ZenTigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888629207437612884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-67653176536424336472012-06-24T19:18:22.366+12:002012-06-24T19:18:22.366+12:00You can keep your State and your democracy, but I ...You can keep your State and your democracy, but I want voluntary tax! Let them send me an invoice with each Departments budget included, and give me the power to pay what I wish to whatever department I prefer.<br /><br />That is the only way to show what people REALLY want, be it Police & Justice, Environment or Welfare or.. Then those Depts have to run with whatever they were given. <br />KPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-31208229500900564722012-06-24T07:15:18.776+12:002012-06-24T07:15:18.776+12:00Mark, yes quite right, you can be guilty if deemed...Mark, yes quite right, you can be guilty if deemed to have legally arranged your affairs to minimise tax. Not one party in Parliament is the slightest bit interested in confronting this.<br /><br />Zen - a lower, simpler tax system would address your issues. Bear in mind I absolutely support the need for the state, how one funds it is a moot point, but for now taxation is an "interim evil&Libertyscotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741049550997300680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-11311510379298307392012-06-23T11:32:04.588+12:002012-06-23T11:32:04.588+12:00Hear hear Scott, you nailed it.
JulianHear hear Scott, you nailed it.<br />JulianJuliannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-62308480203019587792012-06-23T10:53:44.287+12:002012-06-23T10:53:44.287+12:00Just to take another view - I think the State is a...Just to take another view - I think the State is acting immorally in creating and allowing some loopholes that can only be exploited by the wealthy, leaving the middle class to suffer to a greater degree, and creating a further injustice by the State in it's arbitrary robbing of one group at the expense of another.<br /><br />I also think the state is a necessary evil - without them you ZenTigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888629207437612884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-21724726682470759932012-06-23T09:27:23.471+12:002012-06-23T09:27:23.471+12:00Sorry, missed my main point in that last post. Wha...Sorry, missed my main point in that last post. What the case of Penny and Hooper has shown in NZ is that IRD consider simply not paying the most tax you can, is avoidance, and they won. The classical liberal Westminster rule of 1936 has been turned over by NZ's judges. And that is shameful.<br /><br />Will leave you alone now ;)Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-4700527071574516752012-06-23T09:11:58.966+12:002012-06-23T09:11:58.966+12:00Good piece, Scott. You're right on all counts....Good piece, Scott. You're right on all counts. Though I'll add to it. It's possibly worse than what you imagine, because, talking in the NZ context, Gramsci has worked his evil through the state school system and our judiciary have now completely bought into the ideal that individual taxpayers must be sacrificed to the common good. For over ten years now IRD have won every avoidance Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.com