I read a couple of interesting comments this morning on Paul Bremer’s decision to impose a flat tax in Iraq. Juan Cole explains that the tax rate isn’t nearly as important an issue as oil revenue, and mentions that as military occupiers we’re not within our rights in making these sorts of decisions anyway. Josh Marshall notices that using occupied countries (or colonies) as labs for the pet projects of imperialists has long been a common practice.
Iraq as economics lab
I read a couple of interesting comments this morning on Paul Bremer’s decision to impose a flat tax in Iraq. Juan Cole explains that the tax rate isn’t nearly as important an issue as oil revenue, and mentions that as military occupiers we’re not within our rights in making these sorts of decisions anyway. Josh Marshall notices that using occupied countries (or colonies) as labs for the pet projects of imperialists has long been a common practice.
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