Comments on: His favourite talking point http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/transition-and-accession/his-favourite-talking-point/ European Opinion Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:52:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Tim Worstall http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/transition-and-accession/his-favourite-talking-point/#comment-19755 Tim Worstall Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:40:23 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/transition-and-accession/his-favourite-talking-point#comment-19755 "But I suspect that there are strategies that can deliver a large amount of corporate income to shareholders at lower than the total wage income tax rate. Due to the non flat tax." Oh aye. “But I suspect that there are strategies that can deliver a large amount of corporate income to shareholders at lower than the total wage income tax rate. Due to the non flat tax.”

Oh aye.

]]> By: P O Neill http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/transition-and-accession/his-favourite-talking-point/#comment-19753 P O Neill Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:37:51 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/transition-and-accession/his-favourite-talking-point#comment-19753 Point taken Tim (and reflected above). But I suspect that there are strategies that can deliver a large amount of corporate income to shareholders at lower than the total wage income tax rate. Due to the non flat tax. Point taken Tim (and reflected above). But I suspect that there are strategies that can deliver a large amount of corporate income to shareholders at lower than the total wage income tax rate. Due to the non flat tax.

]]> By: Tim Worstall http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/transition-and-accession/his-favourite-talking-point/#comment-19750 Tim Worstall Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:47:52 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/transition-and-accession/his-favourite-talking-point#comment-19750 "dividends and capital gains are taxed at a far lower rate than wage income. " Tsk. In the US system dividens are paid out of profits after corporation tax. Then they are taxed again at 15%. Everyone else either taxes them at the corporate level or at the individual. Dividends in the US are taxed at about higher rate income tax, after the change. “dividends and capital gains are taxed at a far lower rate than wage income. ”

Tsk. In the US system dividens are paid out of profits after corporation tax. Then they are taxed again at 15%.

Everyone else either taxes them at the corporate level or at the individual. Dividends in the US are taxed at about higher rate income tax, after the change.

]]> By: Tobias Schwarz http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/transition-and-accession/his-favourite-talking-point/#comment-19742 Tobias Schwarz Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:29:19 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/transition-and-accession/his-favourite-talking-point#comment-19742 Well, he did a lot of things that never happened, didn't he? Including declaring a "mission" as "accomplished"... - still, fits in nicely with this - <a href="http://rodrik.typepad.com/dani_rodriks_weblog/2008/03/american-politi.html" rel="nofollow">American political economics in one picture</a>. Well, he did a lot of things that never happened, didn’t he? Including declaring a “mission” as “accomplished”… - still, fits in nicely with this - American political economics in one picture.

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