tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post7949782742658963358..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Costs of dairy protectionismEric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-36231650707281823382010-04-26T22:09:09.485+12:002010-04-26T22:09:09.485+12:00Ah yes, but there's a difference between moves...Ah yes, but there's a difference between moves that make Baby Pareto smile for the longer term and ones that make him laugh for a minute before you snatch the lolly away and tease him with it.... If we could wholescale replace income tax with land tax, with automatic death penalty for anyone trying to add an income tax back onto the land tax, I'd be happy with land tax. I'm worried that we wind up with both instead.Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-38838921118413566972010-04-26T18:04:59.990+12:002010-04-26T18:04:59.990+12:00"Not making efficient moves makes Baby Pareto..."Not making efficient moves makes Baby Pareto cry"<br /><br />Hey, c'mon! Don't forget your position on land tax...Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-87958026514158732362010-04-17T21:45:25.794+12:002010-04-17T21:45:25.794+12:00Quebec would lose quota access to the Canadian mar...Quebec would lose quota access to the Canadian market if they left, so I don't see any particular reason that the bonds would need to continue to pay out to those recipients if Quebec did leave....<br /><br />You're probably right though - it's been depressing here watching how the folks who'd be fully compensated for a GST increase whine about how GST is regressive....Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-62559648732145272112010-04-17T15:40:34.710+12:002010-04-17T15:40:34.710+12:00Ah, but baby Machiavelli is very happy, becuase of...Ah, but baby Machiavelli is very happy, becuase of a uniquely Canadian piece of politics. The big beneficiaries from the dairy quotas are Quebec dairy farmers, who, despite being major beneficiaries of this federal programme are strongly separatist. Maintain the dairy quotas and a federal government has leverage over Quebec. Threaten to get rid of them, even with full (Pareto-is-happy) compensation, and watch the Parti Quebecois manufacture the proposal into another "humiliation" for Quebec. Suggest getting rid of supply management in other areas but not dairy, and watch Western Canadian anti-Quebec activists manufacture this into another case of central Canada screwing over the West to appease Quebec.Seamus Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06752338906486087395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-70713558592954508892010-04-17T12:55:59.611+12:002010-04-17T12:55:59.611+12:00Mumbledy pumbledy, my red cow,
She’s cooperating n...Mumbledy pumbledy, my red cow,<br />She’s cooperating now.<br />At first she didn’t understand<br />That milk production must be planned;<br />She didn’t understand at first<br />She either had to plan or burst,<br />But now the government reports<br />She’s giving pints instead of quarts.<br /><br /> - Ogden NashMiguel Sancheznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-80597285594694057822010-04-16T18:00:54.078+12:002010-04-16T18:00:54.078+12:00I think that last paragraph might just have to be ...I think that last paragraph might just have to be quote of the week!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com