tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post2453608532807601020..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: Germany's Reuinification TaxCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-28537462729782162452009-12-01T07:31:59.426-08:002009-12-01T07:31:59.426-08:00In high tax countries, the government always try ...In high tax countries, the government always try to come up with new tax schemes. The existing taxes are already tapped out. The VAT tax is a perfect example. Once a country limits out on income taxes (another increase will not bring in more revenue) they bring in a national sales tax.<br />Don`t worry, you will not have to wait very long before seeing this sort of tax madness in America. Higher income taxes, a national sales tax, tax on tax, and it will be all dressed up in nice language.<br />The new taxes will be either revenue neutral, or temporary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-24431346477985807242009-12-01T05:37:30.706-08:002009-12-01T05:37:30.706-08:00I'm not German, but I know the ENTIRE legal ba...I'm not German, but I know the ENTIRE legal basis of Canadian income tax rests on a law to allow the goverment to _temporarily_ raise money for World War ....one.<br /><br />There is nothing so permanent as a temporary tax.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-73195047699696458212009-11-30T16:35:01.011-08:002009-11-30T16:35:01.011-08:00I think I can tell you why they needed (or thought...I think I can tell you why they needed (or thought they needed) additional taxes. You might wanna read my answer there:<br /><br />http://retronomics.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/on-the-german-reunification/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-5851811388074086402009-11-30T12:50:34.197-08:002009-11-30T12:50:34.197-08:00I can't speak for the entire German population...I can't speak for the entire German population, but as far as my small social circle goes: we believed it was "necessary" only in the sense for certain politians to win elections. Reminds me of Obama's "hope and change"...Elizabethnoreply@blogger.com