A slice:
"8. There are two contrary but tenable positions here. One is "the revenue-maximizing tax rate might be high, but high taxes are undesirable because they infringe freedom." The other is "The revenue-maximizing tax rate could be low, but high taxes are justified to reduce the adverse effects of inequality." Both of these positions are rare - which makes me suspect that there's quite a lot of motivated reasoning on both sides."My position is something akin to the former, i.e. "the revenue-maximizing tax rate might be high, but high taxes are undesirable because they infringe freedom."
Worthwhile reading the whole thing, it is short and contains a lot of clear insight.
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