Optimal tax

What is the optimal tax system ?

We not-so-recently discussed this on ##economics.

It ends in several arguments :

• Flat tax versus progressive / regressive tax
• Sales tax versus Income tax
• Also property taxes (land tax) has been discussed, as it is argued to be an unavoidable tax
• Other taxes, we have not discussed include Inheritance tax, social engineering taxes

pavlicek is a proponent of a national [Sales tax], as it incentivizes saving and investment. teralaser thinks its best to perhaps argue for this as tax at creation and destruction.