On May 15, 7:54 pm, "sinister" <sinis...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Bret Cahill" <BretCah...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>
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> > Friedman was an issue dodger just like all the remaining ****lls at GOP
> > "thank" tanks like Hoover, Heritage, Am. Enterprise, the Chicago
> > School, etc.
>
> > Friedman would never address the land issues raised by the Georgists
> > and he'ld never touch the "free markets w/o free speech" issue either.
>
> Actually, that's not _quite_ true.
>
> Friedman (I'm assuming you're referring to Milton) said that the best
tax
> was the tax proposed by Henry George.
>
> I have the impression that he wasn't as sympathetic to the Georgist
program
> as the quote attributed to him would indicate---he specifically called
land
> value taxation "the least bad tax"---but he at least understand and
partly
> approved of the program.
>
>
>
> > When you dodge issues that are fundamental to your field you are a
> > fraud.
>
> > Bret Cahill
but, there is that insinuation that all taxes on unproductive wealth
is bad. which is one of the basis of neo-liberalsim.
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