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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Feinberg criticizes Senator Long for saying that our income tax structure is "progressive to the point of being counter-productive." It might interest Mr. Feinberg to know that at present our highest marginal tax rates generate very little revenue. Furthermore, the institution of more progressive tax structures than ours in such countries as England and Sweden has only succeeded in forcing wealthy potential taxpayers to move themselves (and their incomes) to lands with more favorable tax laws. Does Mr. Feinberg seriously want the United States to introduce such a self-defeating system? Ted Higgins...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VAT Again | 12/12/1979 | See Source »

Western Europe prepares to counter the Soviet juggernaut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: Meeting Moscow's Threat | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Sociologists have suggested that this kind of competition further traumatizes and stigmatizes victims of the testing process. They have called it "counter-productive to the social aims of progressive educational theory." But sports observers have noted that the competition does provoke some emotional stimulation that could be healthy for grade-obsessed bookworms...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: The Crazy Kids at ETS | 12/8/1979 | See Source »

...wanted for himself and Daphne working for someone else, "and we wanted to be our own boss," he says, so they borrowed enough to match their savings, bought their store, and taught themselves to keep the accounts. Leonard does all the purchasing and cooking, and Daphne provides the counter service and does the books, and says Leonard, "We do everything together. I make a decision and ask her and if she has a better decision I say okay, we do it. She's a whiz...

Author: By Michel D. Mcqueen, | Title: Capitalism, at Work | 12/7/1979 | See Source »

...cannot see beyond regressive taxation as a means to solve America's economic problems. The Louisiana Senator makes no attempt to hide his disdain for equitable taxes. Asked what he thought of the American income tax system, Long replied: "I think it is progressive to the point of being counter-productive." He prefers emulation Louis XIV by extracting onerous "taillies" from lower and middle income people. The VAT's hidden character may seem appealing to politicians, but its regressive nature will certainly prove costly to most Americans...

Author: By David H. Feinberg, | Title: Not VAT Again | 12/6/1979 | See Source »

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