--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Actually it would be interesting to hear someone delinate a clear > > distinction between taxation on money and taxation in kind. > > There is no clear distinction. > Fred Foldvary > > there does seem to be, on some emotional level, a difference > David
There is no distinction between taxation in money vesus in kind as pertains to the act of taxation, i.e. taxation qua taxation. There are indeed differences in costs, based on subjective preferences, i.e. the utility of money relative to the item in kind. The burden on a horse of carrying a saddle depends not just on the weight of the load, but also how it the weight is distributed. Fred Foldvary ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED]
