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fractious

the party was internally fractious and snidely perceived as inaudible in national policy debates

the French Socialist party

—p.51 With or Without a Platform? (51) by Thomas Piketty
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no taxes are paid by businesses

Let’s also recall that no taxes are paid by businesses: ultimately, every euro of tax is always paid by households. In this fallen world, there is unfortunately nobody except physical, flesh-and-blood people who can pay taxes. The fact that businesses are technically required to remit some of them—…

—p.46 Down with Idiotic Taxes! (45) by Thomas Piketty
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all taxes are more or less idiotic

It’s easy to denounce the idiocy of a tax. For a simple reason: all taxes are more or less idiotic, in the sense that they all tax people and activities that, in the abstract, it would be desirable not to tax. Things get complicated when, having proudly announced the elimination of an idiotic tax, …

—p.45 Down with Idiotic Taxes! (45) by Thomas Piketty
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