On Thursday, May 27, 2004, at 10:49 AM, Rick Duncan wrote:
I think the point is that from an economic perspective, there is little or no difference between a targeted $1,000 tax and a targeted exclusion from a generally available $1,000 benefit.
One difference in practice would be that all the targets get hit with the tax whereas only a few would take advantage of the benefit.
Another is forcing someone to do something (pay tax) versus allowing someone to choose something.
There are real differences both economic and otherwise.
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