I'm not sure why I left this open.

OP has no content with the removal of the link, so... closed: incidental spam. 

"Welcome to McDonald's, how can I help you?"
"I'd like a big mac meal."
"Would you like that large?"
"Oh, what the heck.  Alright."
"Anything else?"
"No."
"Please bring your income tax records to the auditor at the next window to determine the cost of your order.  Thank you, have a nice day!"

Everyone hates spam!

Stop!

@Middle

Mathematically, it's impossible for you to claim that a government could not increase its revenue in the long-term by raising taxes from 0% to 1% because since taxes in a 0% tax rate world=0, an increase to 1% (i.e., the adoption of a tax) would need to immediately crash the economy.  Because that's obviously not the case, the alternative explanation is that taxes exist in a Laffer Curve system (i.e., there is a tax rate somewhere at which point tax revenue would be maximized, with overall tax revenue being lower with either a lower or higher tax rate).

That being said, TOs operate in this exact same sense, in that beyond a certain percentage rate (25% for CFs, variable for LQ bankers), raising overall tax collection creates an inefficient return on investment.  So yes, what you describe is modeled in the Tax Office system. 

If a mod edits their own post (such as to make a politics argument more awesome), are they still subject to the 903 tax?

Not to mention said viewpoint by Mace assumes the government we're buying oil from is just throwing the money into a landfill.  In reality, the vast majority of oil-exporting nations also have significant amounts of imports, either because the nation produces very little other goods and must import most everything (think Saudi Arabia or Iraq) or it has used the oil to create an economically thriving and specialized nation, requiring imports to fill niches (think Canada).  Either way, the money used to buy oil isn't just lost.

It is impossible for me to read anything about fracking without forgetting that I'm not reading the script of a censored Battlestar Galactica episode.

I'm picturing a mass increase in the number of people volunteering at hospitals and applying as medical test subjects during their last week of vacation.

> V.Kemp wrote:

> Sex work isn't legal in the US. You bring up a whole other legal issue.

Pahrump, Nevada says you're wrong

Dpeng, the goal is to keep both the doctor and coroner away!