tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post5113014170219835292..comments2024-01-23T16:53:02.428+00:00Comments on Mark Thompson: Right, I'm back off holidayMark Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-37660671927213629782009-08-16T10:29:10.740+01:002009-08-16T10:29:10.740+01:00Mark - I know you have written at length in lots o...Mark - I know you have written at length in lots of posts about LVT. Would you be happy to see what "The Plan" proposes for LST being devolved to a local tax instead applied to LVT?<br /><br />Kalvis - I think TPP is a very interesting movement. The rules and laws surrounding copyright are now hopelessly outdated - the technology has moved so fast - and their arguments need to be listened to. I do not agree with their extreme position but we cannot remain where we are, a new model will have to be found. You might be interested to read "Here Comes Everybody" by Clay Shirky (one of my holiday reads) which covers some of this ground and also much more about the new communications technology.Mark Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-87774976609459986042009-08-16T10:24:38.668+01:002009-08-16T10:24:38.668+01:00It is good to see you back again!
What are your t...It is good to see you back again!<br /><br />What are your thoughts on:<br /><br />http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/Kalvis Jansonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13379157181034658841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-8466727020400454152009-08-16T10:23:46.523+01:002009-08-16T10:23:46.523+01:00"What's your problem with [LST]?"
B...<i>"What's your problem with [LST]?"</i><br /><br />Because turnover taxes, sales taxes or 'value added' taxes (all much the same thing really) are the most economically damaging taxes* while being the sneakiest as well - there is a myth that 'the consumer pays' merely because the till receipt shows the VAT as a separate amount. <br /><br />The till receipt could just as well show corporation tax or any other tax paid by the business as a separate amount, that does not change the economic incidence.<br /><br />* Unless you deliberately want to reduce the amount of something - like taxes on fags, booze, petrol. But a blanket VAT or Sales Tax on everything (except land and finance) is awful.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-45915712982928879682009-08-16T09:39:34.001+01:002009-08-16T09:39:34.001+01:00Charlotte - Thanks! What did I miss specifically t...Charlotte - Thanks! What did I miss specifically then?<br /><br />Mark - That was done during a brief stop-over with the parents in law. Well spotted though! As for the plan, LST was one of the things that I thought was quite good. What's your problem with it?<br /><br />Judy - Thanks and congratulations to you and Kalvis for passing the 70,000 mark!Mark Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-89075180852027912602009-08-16T07:03:34.127+01:002009-08-16T07:03:34.127+01:00Good to see you back, Mark, and I am glad that you...Good to see you back, Mark, and I am glad that you had a good holiday. We went to Ireland a few years ago on holiday and also had a great time.<br /><br />Have you seen that the "Brown resign" petition now has over 70,000 signatures?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441154170024358365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-56617374129037091682009-08-16T01:14:39.771+01:002009-08-16T01:14:39.771+01:00I'm assuming that you took time out of camping...I'm assuming that you took time out of camping to do your post pointing out that you'd moved up the Wikio rankings? Or was you holiday slightly less than two weeks?<br /><br />PS, "The Plan" is all good stuff, the only bit that they f***ed up was to support "Local Sales Tax". The least bad tax is "Land Value Tax", whether local or national.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-54061787845684396112009-08-15T18:50:51.605+01:002009-08-15T18:50:51.605+01:00Welcome back :)
What a couple of weeks you've...Welcome back :)<br /><br />What a couple of weeks you've missed though!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com