tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374382517180963376.post3916627421432245675..comments2019-10-28T21:34:20.024-07:00Comments on Neon Derby Cars: The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies StrongerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11711667081879686112noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374382517180963376.post-26368449761992468462010-08-10T02:05:33.277-07:002010-08-10T02:05:33.277-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374382517180963376.post-10619461852863315272010-05-28T17:40:17.379-07:002010-05-28T17:40:17.379-07:00Thank you, Mr. Anonymous, for your well-reasoned c...Thank you, Mr. Anonymous, for your well-reasoned contribution to the discussion. Your keen -- and might I add, comprehensively documented -- observation that the book is "a massive pile of bullshit" really opened my eyes.<br /><br />If you just want to have the "all taxation is theft" argument, please have it elsewhere. While I don't think that Pepsi contributes anything of value to society, the argument doesn't rest on that at all.<br /><br />The government taxes corporations. The government lowers the tax burden when the corporation engages in certain activities that the legislators considered valuable. I'm arguing that one particular loophole is stupid.<br /><br />I'm proposing a reasonable tweak to the current tax code, one which is broadly consistent with the way the tax code has been used for decades. It would only affect a relatively small number of big corporations whose products can't compete on price and quality, and who have to paper over their deficiencies by saturating the landscape and the airwaves with their logos.<br /><br />As socialist power grabs go, it's pretty damned weak stuff. But my billboard drenched eyeballs will be grateful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11711667081879686112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374382517180963376.post-503677975713196392010-05-23T16:44:52.239-07:002010-05-23T16:44:52.239-07:00Mmm, socialism. What a load of garbage. I especial...Mmm, socialism. What a load of garbage. I especially liked this bit:<br /><br /><i>We're effectively paying Pepsi thirty cents for every dollar they spend blighting the landscape with billboards. </i><br /><br />Yeah, because every cent a company earns rightfully belongs to the state, doesn't it? How they spend it themselves?<br /><br />The Spirit Level is a massive pile of bullshit. Check the facts and grow up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com