I was referring to Canada, which does have a substantial social safety net,
though the guage is getting larger so that more people can fall through.
And as far as the progressiveness of taxes goes, I owed a lot for the last
tax year, so the marginal rate seemed very high to me. Thank God it wasn'
However, this wonderful exercise in electronic consultation has been
severely criticized in the UK (See 'The Guardian' of today's date) for
being highly unaccessible and in a generally lousy format. I would add
that it is turgid beyond belief or rather not, given its provenance.
David Byrne
Dept
Steeply progressive income taxes ? My understanding is that the top US
rate is 37% and in the UK it is 40% compared with 80% plus in the 60s and
70s when there was real economic growth. Moreover, the really well off
seem to be able to pay tax as an option, given the availability of an
enormous ran
Ed Weick wrote,
>I was referring to Canada, which does have a substantial social safety net,
>though the guage is getting larger so that more people can fall through.
>And as far as the progressiveness of taxes goes, I owed a lot for the last
>tax year, so the marginal rate seemed very high to me
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Subject: Message from RT Honorable Tony Blair MP, Prime Minister
The following message was recieved by NEXUS from the Prime Minister on 6
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