Capital. The rich have it and the poor need it. The poor work for wages while the rich can sit back and collect dividends and interest. Karl Marx declared the arrangement unfair. He had a point. But Marx’s solution was worse than the problem. Take capital out of the hands of the capitalists and put… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Marginal Tax Rates
I have been toying around with the idea of a free money allowance as a prebate for a unified flat income tax. The numbers are interesting, if a bit disheartening. I had hoped to push a 25% flat rate with possibly a higher rate for the really rich. (As long as Warren Buffet, George Soros,… Continue Reading