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Comment on The Price We Pay’s Director/Writer Harold Crooks & Writer Brigitte Alepin @ the OECD Forum in Paris by theprice-master

theprice-master — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 23:10:37 +0000

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Comment on The Price We Pay’s Director/Writer Harold Crooks & Writer Brigitte Alepin @ the OECD Forum in Paris by theprice-master

theprice-master — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 22:57:29 +0000

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Comment on The Price We Pay’s Director/Writer Harold Crooks & Writer Brigitte Alepin @ the OECD Forum in Paris by Johnc450

Johnc450 — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 22:40:15 +0000

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Comment on Why we Hate Taxes and why we Shouldn’t by Harold Crooks

Harold Crooks — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 22:24:17 +0000

Hi Steve
Sick days and brimming aside, here is a Thomas Piketty review of a new book by one of his inequality research mentors, Anthony Atkinson, making the point that one cannot underestimate the importance of tax progressivity in sustaining major social innovations of the 20th century: the middle class and social security.
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/jun/25/practical-vision-more-equal-society/
Furthermore, you may find of interest this link to thriller by a popular Greek novelist who channeled outrage of ordinary Greeks at elite tax evasion! http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/13/petros-markaris-greek-rage-fiction

Comment on Why we Hate Taxes and why we Shouldn’t by stevie sanchez

stevie sanchez — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:49:46 +0000

Yes, big corporations should pay their fair share. No doubt about that.
But:
– Greece’s debt has very little to do with Apple and Starbucks not paying their fair share of taxes; corruption, lack of control, mismanagement of public funds… are the main reasons for such a big burden.
– Taxes paid by Apple, Starbucks & Co should not be used to fatten pensions of civil servants. This would only deepen the gap between private and public workers. I used to be a civil servant before resigning; I know quite well how many people use their sick days to the brim and abuse their advantages. Digging further in public workers’ benefit will only bring one thing: enemity from private workers.

That said, I found the documentary very interesting, though a bit biased. I hope it’ll finally trigger a response from the international community.

All the best.