Government intervention is only "distortionary" in these models, adding the anti-gov't bias since Reagan. ❋ Unknown (2008)
But we don't prohibit corporate investment as "distortionary". ❋ Unknown (2009)
The more serious case against subsidies is that they are "distortionary". ❋ Unknown (2009)
Idaho's property tax system was among the best, ranking No. 3 because of generally low rates measured per capita and the lack of "distortionary" property taxes on estates or inheritances. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Measures such as lowering the corporate tax rate and raising VAT (a relatively non-distortionary tax) are growth-friendly and should help support rebalancing (i.e., shifting the drivers of economic growth from imports to exports and services to manufacturing). ❋ James Mason (2011)
The congressional process has taken a good idea for fundamental tax reform and turned it into short-term, wildly distortionary vote-buying with absolutely no economic rationale. ❋ Unknown (2009)
It would be great if taxing capital gains equal to income tax simply targeted CEOs, as fostert suggests, but instead it has a huge distortionary effect on investment that must be considered. ❋ Unknown (2009)
While this would result in too much money spent on energy research, it would otherwise not be distortionary, I believe (except for the sub-optimum investment in all other sectors of the economy, of course). ❋ Unknown (2009)
However, I do think that if politically the choice comes down to either a higher gas tax or new comman-and-control style regulations, such as CAFE standards for fuel economy, then a higher gas tax is less distortionary. ❋ Unknown (2009)
High distortionary taxes have been imposed on large mostly foreign corporations. ❋ George Kopits (2011)
His point was that it would reduce the distortionary incentive to substitute more expensive alternatives, but it seemed a little dissonant, given his earlier sonata. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Taxing salaries may have little distortionary effect on growth but taxing investments do. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Replacing the entire current tariff and quota scheme with an across the board 2% import tax could actually be useful, because it would end some massive distortionary effects on particular goods, such as sugar and textiles. ❋ Unknown (2009)
There is currently a distortionary incentive in the tax code for employer-provided healthcare. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The distortion of taxing dirty technologies is good and it generates revenues to off-set the distortionary taxes in other sectors. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Like corporate tax, it's particularly distortionary. ❋ Unknown (2009)
