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To: koan who wrote (1013885)	4/30/2017 3:45:34 PM
From: James Seagrove	Respond to of 1576346

There is enough oil in Venezuela that if it was evenly distributed every citizen should be a multi-millionaire. As it is now there is food and fuel shortages due to government mismanagement. The government in power is identical to the one you advocate.

To: koan who wrote (1013885)	5/1/2017 1:24:03 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1576346

>> Nevertheless, it is better to have people running your government that have advanced degrees in public administration and social theory and understand what they're doing. And some experience. Koan, isn't this your background? Well, along with your "extensive" statistics background (LOL). I wonder, then, if you can explain a strange thing to me. We argue all the time about tax rates and deductions. But Hauser's law tells us that regardless of those things, tax collections with remain somewhere around 19%. Doesn't matter if tax rates are 80% or 20%. Capital gains, income, whatever. Tax rates are the same. What about that? Given your background, do you have any explanation for that? Doesn't it suggest we might as well have the lowest possible rate, since it will deliver as much revenue as the highest rate? I'm not sure whether you'll draw on your public admin background or your social theory, but don't we need an explanation for this weird phenomenon?