CDR: Re: Voluntary Mandatory Taxes

[Tom Vogt]

petro wrote:
> >sorry, but you have no idea what you're talking about. this is an
> >economic puzzle, not a political one. food, clothes, tobacco, gas/petrol
> 
>         Then you neither understand politics, or economics.

one was part of my study, the other not.


>         And no, I don't claim to either, but as near as I can tell
> there isn't a  spits worth of difference between economics and
> politics.

I do believe there is. a market is more difficult to buy than a
politician, for one.


>         Food maybe, but tobacco and gas are both things that *can* be
> done without.

in theory. in real life, consumption does NOT change a tiny bit with
price changes. there's a (largely theoretical) cut-off point, where
consumption suddenly drops to or near zero after a certain price, but
I'm not aware of any events where this actually happened.