Optimal tax

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What is the optimal tax system ?

We not-so-recently discussed this on ##economics.

It ends in several arguments :

  • Flat tax versus progressive / regressive tax
  • Sales tax versus Income tax
  • Also property taxes (land tax) has been discussed, as it is argued to be an unavoidable tax
  • Other taxes, we have not discussed include Inheritance tax, social engineering taxes

pavlicek is a proponent of a national [Sales tax], as it incentivizes saving and investment. teralaser thinks its best to perhaps argue for this as tax at creation and destruction.