Comments on: Timmy Elsewhere http://timworstall.com/2010/01/04/timmy-elsewhere-725/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:45:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: So Much For Subtlety http://timworstall.com/2010/01/04/timmy-elsewhere-725/comment-page-1/#comment-38988 So Much For Subtlety Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:06:54 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=12173#comment-38988 In Russia farmers could move every year as long as they did it before Saint George's Day. For the next year they had to pay taxes where they were and could not leave until next Saint George's Day. Then along came Boris Gudonov and insisted that Russia's farmers had to remain where they were permanently. They were no longer free to choose. Three hundred and fifty years of serfdom followed. I wonder if Richie even cares - assuming he is aware of the analogy. I wonder whether such a restriction can be imposed in the modern world. I expect we will have to wait and see. In Russia farmers could move every year as long as they did it before Saint George’s Day. For the next year they had to pay taxes where they were and could not leave until next Saint George’s Day. Then along came Boris Gudonov and insisted that Russia’s farmers had to remain where they were permanently. They were no longer free to choose. Three hundred and fifty years of serfdom followed.

I wonder if Richie even cares – assuming he is aware of the analogy. I wonder whether such a restriction can be imposed in the modern world. I expect we will have to wait and see.

]]> By: The Great Simpleton http://timworstall.com/2010/01/04/timmy-elsewhere-725/comment-page-1/#comment-38987 The Great Simpleton Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:06:10 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=12173#comment-38987 And then, as Bastiat pointed out, there is the unseen, those companies that don't invest because of high tax rates. I suppose Ritchie's response to this will be world government with the same tax rates everywhere. And then, as Bastiat pointed out, there is the unseen, those companies that don’t invest because of high tax rates.

I suppose Ritchie’s response to this will be world government with the same tax rates everywhere.

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