HoltesThoughts

I wrote on the question of Taxation based on ability to Pay or Fee for Service in 2015. It laid out the role of Edwin R.A. Seligman (1861-1...

Nature's Tax Collectors As noted Henry George put considerable effort working out principles of taxation. He wrote an opus about tax r...

Principles of fairness in Taxation We just saw a parody of tax "reform" in the Republican's Tax bill in 2017. Anyone can cal...

Marginal Taxes Progressive taxation is a tax burden that increases as the taxable amount increases and reflects the taxpayer's ability...

Incomplete Contracts And Large Scale Swindles I've been using the theme of piracy and privateering to describe our current economic sy...

Accounting Money, Piracy and Credit The theme of piracy and privateering describes our current economic system, both as a humorous metapho...

This Tax Bill is a naked exercise in plutocracy. It's passage was ugly. Uglier was today's televised Cabinet meeting. Cabinet membe...