Many economic arguments are about tradeoffs, but the argument for the zero tax rate of savings, also similar to the arguments for a consumption tax, is usually phrased as an argument about fairness.
FORBES: Taxing Capital Isn't About Fair: It's About Efficiency
Again, it is the efficiency argument which is the basis for the differential, even zero, taxation of capital gains and other income from capital.
But if the efficiency argument is weak evidence, the fairness argument is assumed to make the case, and make it for zero percent taxation.
For a start, there is much argument about the extent to which these amazing figures can be attributed to zero-tolerance policing.
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Which is why the only economic argument that matters is how close the UK is to tumbling from fiscal hero to zero - how close we are to becoming Italy.
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