tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post1445825004557609383..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Koch Brothers Group Launches Ads Against Tax Breaks for Amazon HQ2Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29973918268968016292018-02-24T17:12:25.658-05:002018-02-24T17:12:25.658-05:00Physical punishment is not the proper analogy. Thi...Physical punishment is not the proper analogy. This is a 'we don't want nobody nobody sent' issue. <br /><br />Let's say there was a fascist nation where there were no taxes on manufacturers but to be a manufacturer you had to have government permission. To get permission requires a long expensive official process which goes no where unless the owner of the manufacturing company Jimmy Joe Meekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559104650594440766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-84064531603618601172018-02-24T16:46:54.048-05:002018-02-24T16:46:54.048-05:00The point is that this gives an advantage to Amazo...The point is that this gives an advantage to Amazon over competitors. It is government helping to choose winners and losers. Of course, lower taxes for all is better.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08457492980562736529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-72202206562056691002018-02-24T14:45:02.693-05:002018-02-24T14:45:02.693-05:00So if an otherwise-sadistic slaveowner decides to ...So if an otherwise-sadistic slaveowner decides to spare one of his slaves from being whipped, is that a bad thing?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968441656658845395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-62980645927507333452018-02-24T10:26:42.991-05:002018-02-24T10:26:42.991-05:00The entire premise of select businesses and indivi...The entire premise of select businesses and individuals getting tax cuts is about who gets them and who doesn't. It's not a question of tax cuts being good or bad, it's a question of who has advantage over who. Jimmy Joe Meekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559104650594440766noreply@blogger.com