Comments on: Taxing the Rich to Compensate the Rich http://mnfmi.org/2009/05/01/taxing-the-rich-to-compensate-the-rich/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:31:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jordan http://mnfmi.org/2009/05/01/taxing-the-rich-to-compensate-the-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Jordan Sat, 16 May 2009 15:54:56 +0000 http://mnfmi.org/?p=2029#comment-449 There can never be too much opportunity in a locale, so I reject the notion that a state can be overflowing with skilled individuals. Also, if we wish to measure quality of life, I think the first metric is always salary. However, if it is true that "'quality of life' amenities that are in many cases supported by tax dollars", then there should be no difficulty in professors suddenly realizing their salaries at $15,000. After all, how possibly would a higher salary attract repudiatable professors, when it is so plainly self-evident that "quality of life" amenities are what truly attract a progressively minded individual? There can never be too much opportunity in a locale, so I reject the notion that a state can be overflowing with skilled individuals.

Also, if we wish to measure quality of life, I think the first metric is always salary. However, if it is true that “‘quality of life’ amenities that are in many cases supported by tax dollars”, then there should be no difficulty in professors suddenly realizing their salaries at $15,000. After all, how possibly would a higher salary attract repudiatable professors, when it is so plainly self-evident that “quality of life” amenities are what truly attract a progressively minded individual?

]]> By: Lee D. Cornell http://mnfmi.org/2009/05/01/taxing-the-rich-to-compensate-the-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Lee D. Cornell Fri, 08 May 2009 22:24:53 +0000 http://mnfmi.org/?p=2029#comment-398 If it were true that, "The mobile worker, the kind who pays the most taxes, will gravitate to where his net income, not gross income, is highest" and that Minnesota is a high-tax state, then why aren't the various low-tax states overflowing with "skilled individual[s] commanding a high salary"? I would suggest it is because most of these individuals value a broad assortment of "quality of life" amenities that are, in many cases, supported by tax dollars. If it were true that, “The mobile worker, the kind who pays the most taxes, will gravitate to where his net income, not gross income, is highest” and that Minnesota is a high-tax state, then why aren’t the various low-tax states overflowing with “skilled individual[s] commanding a high salary”?

I would suggest it is because most of these individuals value a broad assortment of “quality of life” amenities that are, in many cases, supported by tax dollars.

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