the Walnut Diary

My economics prof once told us: “The only valid principle of taxation is that that tax is best which gets the most feathers for the least amount of squawking.”

Taxation is a messy, morally-ambivalent activity, especially so in a progressive democracy. I support Morneau’s efforts. In fact, tax reform is a precondition of my continued support of the Trudeau government. I am sure there are lots of voters in my situation who share this view.

Give Morneau a set of earmuffs and put him back to work at a dirty, distasteful job. He’s building a better Canada, though it’s sometimes hard to tell because of the feathers in the air.

Google discovered a more detailed examination of this topic I wrote on September 15, 2015:

https://rodcroskery.wordpress.com/2015/09/15/the-most-feathers-for-the-least-amount-of-squawking/