tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post467253642333022847..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Subsidies Don’t Help, They Hinder…JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-41505835963640797002010-10-26T05:30:17.254+01:002010-10-26T05:30:17.254+01:00"I know what I should have done, I should hav...<i>"I know what I should have done, I should have taken more aspirin."</i> <br /><br />Heh! Indeed...<br /><br /><i>"Maths: raising taxes to pay for subsidies is a vicious death spiral."</i> <br /><br />And yet it seems we are incapable of learning that lesson.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-33880882364116153992010-10-25T12:14:37.230+01:002010-10-25T12:14:37.230+01:00Golden Rule 1: subsidies don't make things che...Golden Rule 1: subsidies don't make things cheaper, they make them more expensive.<br /><br />Golden Rule 2: taxes make things more expensive (exception being taxes on things in fixed supply, such as land and any other monopoly rights etc).<br /><br />Maths: raising taxes to pay for subsidies is a vicious death spiral.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-91323437067623619692010-10-25T11:38:44.224+01:002010-10-25T11:38:44.224+01:00It is amazing how those people, even if they can s...It is amazing how those people, even if they can see the distortion brought by subsidies, or any other governement interference for that matter, cannot see past it and will always want more of the same regardless.<br /><br />Its the old joke: I broke my arm, I took some aspirin. As it was not getting better, I took more aspirin. Eventually, it got infected, so more aspirin was necessary. In the end, gangrene set in, and it had to be cut off. I know what I should have done, I should have taken more aspirin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com