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Making the Payroll Tax Progressive - "In Proportion To Their Respective Abilities"

The expense of defending the society, and that of supporting the dignity of the chief magistrate, are both laid out for the general benefit of the whole society. It is reasonable, therefore, that they should be defrayed by the general contribution of the whole society, all the different members contributing, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities.

(Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, Book 5, Chapter 1, Part 4)

One of the peculiar glories of American public policy is that, of the nations of the world, our tax system is generally progressive (or at least used to be). In comparison to other countries, we rely more on the income tax, less on VAT taxes, and our corporate tax rate is actually (on paper) more progressive than most countries. more http://tinyurl.com/hrcom-payroll16


Banks lead Europe shares lower; payroll, ECB eyed

LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - European shares were lower in early trade on Thursday as investors took a cautious stance ahead of U.S. non-farm payroll figures and the ECB rate decision, with banks and commodities the biggest fallers. more http://tinyurl.com/hrcom-payroll17


Paying it Forward

Although her official title with the company is senior manager of retail payroll and benefits, Barbara Klein also could be called the human resources firefighter.

"There is no typical day. Basically, I put out fires for the group," she said. "Whether [my staff] is having issues with our payroll and benefits system, or they're having an employee issue they can't resolve at their level, they'll bring it to me to fix." more http://tinyurl.com/hrcom-payroll18